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. Poems - Page 235by William Cowper - 1803 - 363 pagesFull view - About this book
| Lindley Murray - 1843 - 222 pages
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| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 pages
...recollection : and this drawing was the original of all the portraits we have of the admired Tom Jones. He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives, contentedly,...that pinch the poor, Nor plagues — that haunt the rieh man's door, Imbittering — all his state. The tallest pines — feel most — the power Of wintry... | |
| Charles Elihu Slocum - 1882 - 716 pages
...have . . . . " held the golded mean, And lived contentedly between The little and the great ; Felt not the wants that pinch the poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door. Embittering all his state." The name Slocum has an honorable record in every one of our Country's wars,... | |
| Harriet B. Swineford - 1883 - 302 pages
...of Darkness. Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day, Live till to-morrow, will have passed away. He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly...poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door. Translation of Horace. * ROBERT BURNS. 1759-1796. ROBERT BURNS, although of Scotch birth, is classed... | |
| Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pages
...friend received with thumps npon the back. Young, L'niterial Passion. s Far. How be esteems your merit. He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly...poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door. Translation of Horace. Soot ii. Ode x. But strive still to be a man before your mother.1 Connoisteur.... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1883 - 352 pages
...reply, The logic, and the wisdom, and the wit, I long to know them all. Cawper. 9. The Golden Mean. He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly...that pinch the poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich mini's door, Embittering all his state. Harare, lry Cowper. 10. The Influence of Example. The smallest... | |
| 1883 - 702 pages
...all human knowledge, human thoughts, human passions, emotions, language. — Coleridge. He who holds the golden mean, And lives contentedly between The...poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, THE BROTHERS DAVENPORT AND THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH. [In connection with Dr. Nichols' paper on "The... | |
| 1884 - 634 pages
...find the mode of life that would endow man with the most health and happiness. The poet has sung — "He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly...the poor Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Embittering all his state." From Abraham on the plains of Mamre, to the shepherds tending the flocks... | |
| Atlantis - 1884 - 234 pages
...mankind. — Auf Wiedersehen. CHAPTER II. HUMAN IDEALS, ACCORDING TO THE SACRED BOOKS OF CONFUCIANISM. He that holds fast the Golden Mean, And lives contentedly...poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Embittering all his state. — COWPER'S Horace. D. — Now then, what course shall we follow in studying... | |
| 1884 - 644 pages
...man with the most health and happiness. The poet has sung — "He that holds fast the golden muan, And lives contentedly between The little and the great....the wants that pinch the poor Nor plagues that haunt tlie rich man's door. Embittering all his state/' history, we find a tendency to pastoral communism.... | |
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