 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 180 pages
...Upon that law as on the best of friends ; Whence, in a state where men are tempted still To evil for a guard against worse ill, And what in quality or...right foundation rest. He fixes good on good alone, ami owes To virtue every triumph that he knows : — Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...Upon that law as on the best of friends; Whence, in a state where men are tempted still To evil for a guard against worse ill, And what in quality or...knows; — —Who, if he rise to station of command, Hises by open means; and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire, And in himself possess... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Fore-edge painting - 1828 - 372 pages
...Upon that law as on the best of friends; Whence, in a state where men are tempted still To evil for a guard against worse ill, And what in quality or act is befit Doth seldom on a right foundation rest. He fixes good on good alone, and owe* To virtue every... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - Education - 1836 - 328 pages
...Wordsworth, be one Whose high endeavors are an inward light, To make the path before him always bright; Who fixes good on good alone, and owes To virtue every triumph that he knows, Who with a natural instinct to discern What knowledge can perform, is diligent to learn ; Abides by this... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1836 - 332 pages
...Wordsworth, be one Whose high endeavors are nn inward light, To make the path before him always bright; Who fixes good on good alone, and owes To virtue every triumph that he knows, Who with a natural instinct to discern What knowledge can perform, is diligent to learn ; Abides by this... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - Social Science - 1837 - 426 pages
...Upon that law as on the best of friends ; \Vhence, in a state where men are tempted still To evil for a guard against worse ill, And what in quality or...alone, and owes To virtue every triumph that he knows." Wordsworth. UNDER a pure despotism, the morals of politics would make but a very short chapter. Mercy... | |
 | Robert Cassie Waterston - Moral education - 1842 - 338 pages
...be one " Whose high endeavors are an inward light, To make the path before him always bright ; Who fixes good on good alone, and owes To virtue every triumph that he knows, Who with a natural instinct to discern What knowledge can perform, is diligent to learn ; Abides by this... | |
 | CALCUTTA INDIA - 1844 - 650 pages
...Upon that law as on the best of friends ; W hence in a state where men are tempted still To evil for a guard against worse ill, And what in quality or...To virtue every triumph that he knows : Who if he rúe to station, of command, * Wordsworth's Happy Warrior. Kisfs by open means ; and there trill stmul... | |
 | Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Ripley - Transcendentalism - 1844 - 556 pages
...guard against worse ill, And what in quality or act i8 best Doth seldom on a right foundation rest, Yet fixes good on good alone, and owes To virtue every triumph that he knows. The heart swells against Strafford as we read the details of his policy. Even allowing that his native... | |
 | Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Ripley - Transcendentalism - 1844 - 556 pages
...worse ill, Doth seldom on a right foundation rest, And what in quality or act is best Yet fixes pood on good alone, and owes To virtue every triumph that he knows. The heart swells against Strafford as we read the details of his policy. Even allowing that his native... | |
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Tis he whose law is reason, who depends Upon that law as on the best of friends ; Whence, in a state where men are tempted still To evil for a guard against worse ill... 
