 Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means; and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire, And in himself possess his own desire: Who comprehends his trust, and to the same, Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim...  Selections from the Calcutta Review - Sida 2981881Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1911 - 518 sidor
...bright ; Who, with a natural instinct to discern What knowledge can perform, is diligent to learn. Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful...therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth, or honours, or for worldly state. Who, whether praise of him must walk the earth For ever, and to noble... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 180 sidor
...— Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means ; and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire, And in himself possess his...therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth, or honors, or for worldly state ; Whom they must follow ; on whose head must fall,. Like showers of... | |
 | Eliza Buckminster Lee - 1845 - 602 sidor
...demanded all the highest qualities of the soul, as well as the devotion of the time and heart of him, " Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful, with a singleness of aim." The friendship which about this time he formed with Jacobi, threw him again on the path of philosophy,... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 sidor
...— Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means ; and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire, And in himself possess his...therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth, or honors, or for worldly state ; Whom they must follow ; on whose head must fall, Like showers of... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 sidor
...— Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means ; and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire, And in himself possess his...therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth, or honors, or for worldly state ; Whom they must follow ; on whose head must fall, Like showers of... | |
 | 1822 - 486 sidor
...—Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means : and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire, And in himself possess his...therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth, or honours, or for worldly state; Whom they must follow; on whose head must fall, Like showers of manna,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 418 sidor
...— Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means ; and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire, And in himself possess his...therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth, or honours, or for worldly state ; Whom they must follow ; on whose head must fall, Like showers of... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 sidor
...— —Who, if he rise to station of command, Hises by open means; and there will stand On honourable I I H or honors, or for worldly state; Whom they must follow; on whose head must fall, Like showers of manna,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1828 - 372 sidor
...Rises by open means; and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire, And in himself posses* his own desire ; Who comprehends his trust, and to...with a singleness of aim ; And therefore does not sloop, nor lie in wait For wealth, or honours, or for worldly state; Whom they must follow; on whose... | |
 | Harriet Elizabeth Mozley - 1841 - 396 sidor
...evening went off undisturbed, though with less to relate than the hours that preceded it. CHAPTER XI. Who comprehends his trust; and to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim. Wordsworth. GRACE accompanied her mamma to her room that night, and as soon as they had reached it... | |
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