 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 278 Seiten
...faitli and hope the world will disagree ; But all mankind's concern is charity. The prize of Virtue. What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, The soul's calm sunshine, and the heart- felt joy, h virtue's prize. Sense and modesty connected. Distrustful sense- with modest caution... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 370 Seiten
...reason thus, will scarce conceive God gives enough, while he has more to give : Immense the pow'r, immense were the demand ; Say, at what part of Nature...you fix ? Then give Humility a coach and six, 170 VARIATIONS. After Verse 172 in the MS. . , Say, what rewards this idle world imparts, Or fit for searching... | |
 | 1901 - 502 Seiten
...der seele mit der Vergeltung für gutes und böses in interessante Verbindung gesetzt wird : >\V'hat nothing earthly gives or can destroy, The soul's calm sunshine, and the heartfelt joy, 1s virtue's prize. A better would you fix? Then give humility a coach and six, Justice a conqu'rors... | |
 | Tucker Brooke, Matthias A. Shaaber - 1989 - 490 Seiten
...moral cliches popularized by benevolists and sentimental dramatists, and his unquestioning faith that What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, The soul's...sunshine, and the heart-felt joy, Is virtue's prize. It very likely did not occur to him, as it did to his Yankee contemporary, Benjamin Franklin, that... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1963 - 884 Seiten
...Immense that pow'r, immense were the demand; 165 Say, at what part of nature will they stand ? VI. What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, The soul's...Then give Humility a coach and six, 170 Justice a Conq'ror's sword, or Truth a gown, Or Public Spirit its great cure, a Crown. Weak, foolish man! will... | |
 | 1837 - 658 Seiten
...doctrines of the Saviour, — and in intercourse with kindred minds, — it experiences " \\ii.-ii nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, The soul's calm sunshine and the heartfelt joy." Who could 'have been more serene than Daniel in the lion's den? or more happy than Paul and Silas in... | |
 | William Brown, William H. Brown, Hannah Foster - 1970 - 278 Seiten
...amusements of brilliant assemblies and crowded theaters could not furnish the mind with That which nothing earthly gives or can destroy The soul's calm sunshine and the heartfelt joy. These friendly suggestions, I found, were considered the theme of a priest, and my desire to detach... | |
 | Edwin M. Eigner, George J. Worth - 1985 - 268 Seiten
...soil; The knave deserves it when he tempts the main, Where folly fights for kings, or dives for gain. What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy — The...prize: a better would you fix? Then give humility a coach-and-six, Justice a conqueror's sword, or Truth a gown, Or public spirit its great cure - a crown.... | |
 | Edmond Ronayne - 1996 - 628 Seiten
...moderates anger, and it encourages good dispositions; whence arises among Masons that comely order, "Which nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, The soul's calm sunshine, and the heart-felt joy." Ex.: "What followed?" Can.: "I was ordered to be re-conducted to the place from whence I came and be... | |
 | William Wells Brown, Hannah Webster Foster - 1996 - 362 Seiten
...fashionable amusements of brilliant assemblies, and crouded theatres furnish the mind with "That which nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, The soul's calm sunshine, and the heart felt joy." These friendly suggestions, I found were considered as the theme of a priest; and... | |
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What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, The soul's calm sunshine, and the heart-felt joy, Is virtue's prize: A better would you fix? 
