 He that holds fast the golden mean And lives contentedly between The little and the great Feels not the wants that pinch the poor Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbittering all his state.  The Millennial Harbinger - Page 488edited by - 1850Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 252 pages
...creep Along the treacherous shore. He, that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly hetween The little and the great, Feels not the wants, that...poor, Nor plagues, that haunt the rich man's door. Emhittering all his state. The tallest pines feel mast the power Of wintry hlasts ; the loftiest tower... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 244 pages
...power: Not always tempt the distant deep, Nor always timorously creep, Along the treacherous shore. He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly...poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, ImbitteriDg all his state. The tallest pines feel most the power Of wintry blasts; the loftiest tower... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 244 pages
...power: Not always tempt the distant deep, Nor always timorously creep, Along the treacherous shore. He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly...poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbittering all his state. The tallest pines feel most the power Of wintry blasts; the loftiest tower... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 314 pages
...pow'r ; Not always tempt the distant deep, Nor always timorously creep Along the treach'rous shore. II. He, that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly...poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbitt'ring all his state. in. The tallest pines feel most the pow'r Of wintry blasts; the loftiest... | |
 | William Cowper - 1821 - 556 pages
...power ; Not always tempt the distant deep, Nor always timorously creep Along the treacherous shore. He, that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly...poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbittering all his state. The tallest pines feel most the power Of wint'ry blasts ; the loftiest tower... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 pages
...mean. He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between The little and the greatFeels not the wants that pinch the poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's doorr ImMlt'ring all his state. The tallest pines feel most the pow'r Of wint'ry blast ; the loftiest... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 310 pages
...power: Not always tempt the distant deep, Nor always timorously creep, Along the treacherous shore. He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly...poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbittering all his state. The tallest pines feel most the power Of wintry blasts; the loftiest tower... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 562 pages
...pow'r ; Not always tempt the distant deep, Nor always timorously creep Along the treach'rous shore. II. He, that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly...poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbitt'ring all his state. ln. The tallest pines feel most the pow'r Of wintry blasts ; the loftiest... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1822 - 322 pages
...blended form, .with artful strife, The strength and harmony of life. The golden mean. He that-hblds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between...poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbitt'ring all his state. The tallest pines feel most the pow'r Of wint'r'y blast; the loftiest tow'r... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...power ; Not always tempt the distant deep, Nor always timorously creep Along the treacherous shore. He, that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly...poor. Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbittering all his state. The tallest vines feel most the power Of wintry blasts ; the loftiest tower... | |
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