 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...receives, Is blest in what it takes, and what it gives; The joy unequall'd, if its end it gain, 315 ' Know then this truth (enough for man to know) « Virtue alone is happiness below.' 310 Good, from each object, from each place acquir'd, For ever exercis'd, yet never tir'd ; Never elated,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1815 - 190 pages
...breast. Happiness. ** Virtue alone is happiness below :" Know then this truth, (enough for man to know,) The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill i "Where only merit constant pay receives} The joy unequall'd if its end it gain ; Is blest in whaf... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 292 pages
...lives may correspond to it ; and that your happiness here, may be an earnest of happiness hereafter. " Know then this truth, (enough for man to know,) Virtue...bliss stands still ; And tastes the good, without the fail to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives, Is bless'd in what it takes, and what it gives... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 186 pages
...Heav'n beholds its image m his breast. HAPPINESS. Know then this truth, (enough for man to know,) w Virtue alone is happiness below :" The only point...And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where onjy merit constant pay receives ; Is blest in what it takes, and what it gives, The j'ov unequall'dif... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1817 - 356 pages
...happiness here, may be an earnest of happiness hereafter. " Know then this truth, (enough for manto-know,) Virtue alone is happiness below : The only point where...fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives, '4 Is bless'd in what it takes, and what it gtves ; The joy unequali'd, if its end it gain, And if... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1819 - 222 pages
...smiles around with boundless bounty blest And heav n beholds its image in his breast • Happiness. Know then this truth enough for man to know Virtue...fall to ill Where only merit constant pay receives fs blest in what it takes and what it gives The joy unequall d if its end it gain And if it lose attended... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1819 - 718 pages
...with boundless bounty blett And heav n beholds its image in his breast * Happiness. Know then (his truth enough for man to know Virtue alone is happiness...stands still And tastes the good without the fall lo ill Where only merit constant pay receives Is l»lc-! in what it takes and what it gives The joy... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1819 - 120 pages
...Exclamation point, ! The Parenthesis, () as, " Are you sincere ?" " How excellent is a grateful heart ! " Know then this truth (enough for man to know,) " Virtue alone is happiness below." The following characters are also frequently used in composition. An Apostrophe, marked thus ' : as, "tho'.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1849 - 638 pages
...(enough for man to know,) Virtue alone is happiness helow.' 3 10 SCO The ouly point where homan hliss stands still And tastes the good without the fall to ill; Where ouly merit constant pay receives, Is hless'd in what it takes, and what it gives ; The joy unequail'd,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1820 - 80 pages
...the day, The whole amount of that enormous fame, A tale, that blends their glory with their shameKnow then this truth, (enough for man to know) "Virtue...And tastes the good without the fall to ill; Where oply merit constant pay receives, Is blest in what it takes, and what it gives; The joy unequal, if... | |
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