He is the happy man, whose life e'en now Shows somewhat of that happier life to come ; Who, doom'd to an obscure but tranquil state, Is pleased with it, and, were he free to choose, Would make his fate his choice... Solitude - Seite 193von Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1808 - 403 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1845 - 442 Seiten
...spiritual graces, like a glory, crowned." What a different picture is the following from Cowper — ' He is the happy man whose life e'en now Shows somewhat...come; Who, doom'd to an obscure but tranquil state Is pleased with it, and, were he free to choose, Would make his fate his choice; whom peace, the fruit... | |
| William Cowper - 1845 - 394 Seiten
...as the rest, Due to Thy lust and most effectual work, Thy word fulfill'd, the conquest of a world ! He is the happy man, whose life e'en now Shows somewhat...come ; Who, doom'd to an obscure but tranquil state, la pleased with it, and, were he free to choose, Would make his fate his choice ; whom peace, the fruit... | |
| 1846 - 486 Seiten
...one, they must have the other : " There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked." He, and he only, " Is the happy man, whose life e'en now Shows somewhat...; Who, doom'd to an obscure but tranquil state, Is pleased with it, and, were he free to choose, Would make his fate his choice ; whom peace, the fruit... | |
| Gift book - 1846 - 302 Seiten
...merits who died and was buried, and rose again to intercede for us, Jesus Christ our Lord." HAPPINESS. He is the happy man whose life, e'en now, Shows somewhat of that happier land to come ; Who, doomed to an ohscure, but tranquil state, Is pleased with it, and, were he free... | |
| William Howitt - 1847 - 524 Seiten
...he ended by describing himself, in one of the noblest passages of modern poetry, as the happy man. " He is the happy man whose life e'en now Shows somewhat of that happier life to come; Who, doomed to an obscure but tranquil state, Is pleased with it; and, were he free to choose, Would make... | |
| William Cowper - 1849 - 740 Seiten
...effectual work, Thy word fulfill'd, the conquest of a world ! 905 He is the happy man, whose life even now Shows somewhat of that happier life to come ; Who doom'd to an obscure but tranquil state Is pleased with it, and were he free to choose, * 809 Would make his fate his choice ; whom peace, the... | |
| 1850 - 790 Seiten
...Africa, £11,117; and those in Oceania, £16,710. POETRY. THE HAPPY MAN. HE is the happy man whoso life, e'en now, Shows somewhat of that happier life...come; Who, doom'd to an obscure but tranquil state, Is pleased with it; and, were ho free to choose, Would make his fate hie choice ; whoffl peace, the fruit... | |
| William Cowper - 1850 - 516 Seiten
...as the rest, Due to thy last and most effectual work, Thy word fulfilled, the conquest of a world ! He is the happy man, w.hose life e'en now Shows somewhat of that happier life to come Who, doomed to an obscure but tranquil state, Is pleased with it, and, were he free to choose, Would make... | |
| Henry Theodore Cheever - 1851 - 446 Seiten
...Or, with, the snout of groveling appetite, E'er smell'd it out, and grubb'd it from the dirt. YOUNG. He is the happy man, whose life e'en now Shows somewhat of that happier life to come ; Who, by Love divine and perfect Wisdom, Appointed to a state obscure but useful, With it is pleased, and,... | |
| 1851 - 496 Seiten
...Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway We feel it even in age, and at our latest day. THE HAPPY MAN. HE is the happy man, whose life e'en now Shows somewhat of that happier life to come ; Who, doomed to an obscure but tranquil state, Is pleased with it, and, were he free to choose, Would make... | |
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