GRAINS OF GOLD
THE CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE. How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not another's will ; Wln.se armor is his. honest thought, And simple .truth his utmost skill! •Whose passions 'not his masters' are; Whose soul is still prepared for death, ' Untied unto the worldly care Of public fame or private breath. Who envies none that chance doth raise, Or viae; who never understood How deepest wounds are given by praise, Nor mles of state, but rules of good. Who hath his life from rumors freed, Whose conscience is his strong retreat; Whose state can neither flatterers feed, Nor nun make oppressors great. Who God doth late and .early pray, More of his grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day y ' With a religious book or friend. This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise, or fear to fall; Lord of himself, though not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath all.
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New Zealand Tablet, 31 December 1908, Page 3
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163GRAINS OF GOLD New Zealand Tablet, 31 December 1908, Page 3
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