 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...  Poems of Manhood ... - Strana 541861 - 128 str.Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 358 str.
...foundation rest, He fixes good on good alone, and owes To virtue every triumph that he knows : — 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,... | |
 | Eliza Buckminster Lee - 1845 - 602 str.
...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 - 1815 - 416 str.
...foundation rest, He fixes good on good alone, and owes To virtue every triumph that he knows : — 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,... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 str.
...foundation rest, He fixes good on good alone, and owes To virtue every triumph that he knows : — 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,... | |
 | Noah Worcester, Henry Ware - 1822 - 506 str.
...foundation rest, He fixes good on good alone, and owes To virtue every triumph that he knows : — 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,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 418 str.
...foundation rest, He fixes good on good alone, and owes To virtue every triumph that he knows : — 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,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1828 - 372 str.
...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... | |
 | Edward Tagart - 1832 - 352 str.
...wish to be ? —'Tis he whose law is reason ; who depends Upon that law as on the best of friends ; Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means ; and there will stand On honourable terms, And therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth or honours, or for worldly... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1840 - 464 str.
...rest, He labours good on good to fix, and owes To virtue every triumph that he knows : — Who, if ho 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,... | |
 | Harriet Elizabeth Mozley - 1841 - 396 str.
...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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