A HAPPY LIFE. [SIR HENRY WOTTON , 1568—1639.]
How happy is he born and. taught,- , »« . That serveth not another's will. ; '■> "Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his 'utmost skill.'. Whose passions not his masters are, Z Whose toul is still prepared for death ; Untied untothe world hy s care t . ! Of public fame 1 , or private breath ! Who envies none that chance doth raise, / < •' ' 'Nor vice hath ever undeistoodY '*''•• How deepest wounds are ; giVen b^ praise^ ' ' ' , Norrule'a'of state,' but rules of^dod! - ' Who hath his life from Tumours freed) WJiose conscience is'tiis strong" retreat j ', ; ' * Whose "state can neither flatterers feVd, , f Nor ruih r make oppressors' great I Who God doth late and early pray, * *; More of his grace than gifts to lend : \ ' \\,\ And entertains the harmless day ' ( • '''"' >V ith a religious book or friend ! * ' This man is freed from servile hands, A Of hope to rise or fear to fall.: ' ; ' / Lord of himself, though not of lands,' ' '^\ And having nothing, yet hath' allj -'» '" ; ' '*■
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New Zealander, Volume 3, Issue 165, 29 December 1847, Page 3
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166A HAPPY LIFE. [SIR HENRY WOTTON, 1568—1639.] New Zealander, Volume 3, Issue 165, 29 December 1847, Page 3
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