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
| William Cowper - 1866 - 720 Seiten
...d, the conquest of a world. , » 2 Peter iu, 3, 4. Ho is tlie happy man, whose life ev'n now Sliows somewhat of that happier life to come ; "Who, doom'd to an obscure but tranquil state, Is pleased with it, and, wore he free to choose, Would make his fate his choice; whom peace, the trait... | |
| William Cowper - 1870 - 574 Seiten
...as the rest, Due to thy last 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...; 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 - 1870 - 226 Seiten
...the rest, Dne to thy last and most effectnal work. ' . Thy word fulfill'd, the conqnest of a world ! He is the happy man, whose life e'en now Shows somewhat...of that happier life to come; ' Who, doom'd to an ohscnre hnt tranqnil state, ls pleased with it, and. were he free to choose, Wonld make his fate his... | |
| 1872 - 710 Seiten
...she is, Heaven-born, and destined to the skies again. William Cowper. 1658. HAPPINESS, Example of. ould drain the ocean dry ; Nor would the scroll contain doomed to an obscure but tranquil state, Is pleased with it and were he free to choose, [peace the... | |
| William Cowper - 1874 - 260 Seiten
...most effectual work, Thy word fulfill'd, the conquest of a world. He is the happy man whose life ev'n 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 ; whom peace, the fruit... | |
| Henry William Dulcken - 1874 - 574 Seiten
...him, and he was brought to sorrow and tribulation, as you shall see when you read the next chapter. He 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 state his choice ; whom peace, the fruit... | |
| Luke Woodard - 1875 - 458 Seiten
...and partaking of them with sanctified affection, he " receives in this present time a hundredfold." " He is the happy man whose life e'en now Shows somewhat of that happier life to come. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers; his t' enjoy With a propriety... | |
| Oil, Author of Toiling in rowing - 1875 - 258 Seiten
...holy will." " Oh come ye, let us walk in the light of the Lord." My friends, are you all happy ? " He is the happy man whose life e'en now Shows somewhat of the happier life to come." " Happy souls that find a rest In a heavenly Father's breast : Happy souls... | |
| Mrs. Graham Branscombe - 1876 - 348 Seiten
...Manvers, who commenced the southward journey at once. 168 CHAPTER XIII. UNDER BLUER SKIES THAN OURS. He is the happy man whose life, e'en now, Shows somewhat of that happier life to come, COWPER, AYONNE is an old-fashioned town in the south of France, and although it flourished long before... | |
| William Whitmarsh Phelps - 1876 - 324 Seiten
...pleasures only to be surpassed in heaven. Such an one deserves the character which Cowper gives of " the happy man, whose life e'en now shows Somewhat of that happier life to come ; " * for what other idea can we form of the happier life than that of an intellectual existence whose... | |
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