 The man of life upright, Whose guiltless heart is free From all dishonest deeds, Or thought of vanity; The man whose silent days In harmless joys are spent, Whom hopes cannot delude Nor sorrow discontent: That man needs neither towers Nor armour for defence....  Literary and professional works - Side 114af Francis Bacon - 1864Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1921 - 168 sider
...hopes cannot delude Nor sorrow discontent : That man needs neither towers Nor armour for defence, 10 Nor secret vaults to fly From thunder's violence :...behold With unaffrighted eyes The horrors of the deep 15 And terrors of the skies. Thus scorning all the cares That fate or fortune brings, He makes the... | |
 | John Drinkwater - 1922 - 288 sider
...sorrows discontent; That man needs neither towers, Nor armour for defence, Nor vaults his guilt to shroud From thunder's violence; He only can behold With unaffrighted...deep, And terrors of the skies. Thus, scorning all the cares That fate or fortune brings, His book the heavens he makes, His wisdom heavenly things; Good... | |
 | Masud Ali Varesi - 1922 - 326 sider
...In harmless joys are spent, Whom hopes cannot delude Nor sorrow discontent ; That man neither needs towers Nor armour for defence, Nor secret vaults to fly From Thunder's violence. (Anon). Cowards die many times before their death ; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all... | |
 | Geraldine Emma Hodgson - 1923 - 328 sider
...vanity ; The man whose silent days In harmless joys are spent. Whom hopes cannot delude, Nor sorrow discontent; That man needs neither towers Nor armour...With unaffrighted eyes The horrors of the deep And terror of the skies. Thus scorning all the cares That fate or fortune brings, He makes the heaven his... | |
 | Arthur Henry Bullen - 1924 - 312 sider
...vanity : " The man whose silent days, In harmless joys are spent, Whom hopes cannot delude Nor sorrow discontent ; " That man needs neither towers Nor armour for defence, Nor secret vauts to fly From thunder's violence ; " He only can behold With unaffrighted eyes The horrors of the... | |
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - 1927 - 1432 sider
...hopes cannot delude Nor sorrow discontent; That man needs neither towers Nor armour for defence, 10 th 15 And terrors of the skies. Thus, scorning ah1 the caresThat fate or fortune brings, He makes the... | |
 | Norman Ault - 1928 - 566 sider
...vanity : The man whose silent days In harmless joys are spent, Whom hopes cannot delude Nor sorrow discontent : That man needs neither towers Nor armour...The horrors of the deep And terrors of the skies. Ibid. Thus scorning all the cares That fate or fortune brings, He makes the heaven his book, His wisdom... | |
 | George Reuben Potter - 1928 - 640 sider
...are spent, Whom hopes cannot delude, Nor sorrow discontent; That man needs neither towers Nor armor for defence, Nor secret vaults to fly From thunder's...deep And terrors of the skies. Thus, scorning all the cares That fate or fortune brings, He makes the heaven his book, His wisdom heavenly things, Good thoughts... | |
 | 1923 - 748 sider
...of vanity; The man whose silent days In harmless joys are spent, Whom hopes cannot delude Nor sorrow discontent : That man needs neither towers Nor armour...deep And terrors of the skies. Thus scorning all the cares That fate or fortune brings, He makes the heaven his book, His wisdom heavenly things; Good thoughts... | |
| |
