 | William Cleaver Wilkinson - 1893 - 312 sivua
...always tempt the distant deep, Nor always timorously creep Along the treacherous shore. He that holds fast the golden mean And lives contentedly between...poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbittering all his state. The tallest pines feel most the power Of wintry blasts ; the loftiest tower... | |
 | Henry Warren Lathrop - 1893 - 520 sivua
...that to him was satisfactory. He seemed to have lived and acted upon the maxim that, "He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between...the great, Feels not the wants that pinch the poor, Or plagues that haunt the rich man's door." When the State voted to issue $800,000 in bonds during... | |
 | 1894 - 754 sivua
...American citizens who compose the Capitular companionship may be each described as — " He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between...that pinch the poor Nor plagues that haunt the rich m^ns door." And— " All are parts of one stupendous whole Whose body nature is, and God the soul."... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 sivua
...let the glitt'ring baubles fall ; Content shall place me far above them all. CHURCHILL. He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between...poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Embittering all his state. COWPER : Horacf. Oh ! happiness of sweet retired content ! To be at once... | |
 | Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford - 1897 - 508 sivua
...hand in hand with the liberty that their fathers gained. CHAPTER FIFTH. A Home in Town. He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between...poor. Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door. — Cow per' s Translation of Horace. Dear God ! the very houses seem asleep, And all that mighty heart... | |
 | 1899 - 406 sivua
...connecting link between the celestial THE VALUE OF MODERATION. BY CARRIE BLAKESLEE HUMPHREYS. "He that holds fast the golden mean. And lives contentedly between...poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door." Wisdom points ever to the middle course, and with unhesitating verdict the "mean" is pronounced "golden."... | |
 | William Cleaver Wilkinson - 1900 - 332 sivua
...always tempt the distant deep, Nor always timorously creep Along the treacherous shore. He that holds fast the golden mean And lives contentedly between...poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbittering all his state. The tallest pines feel most the power Of wintry blasts ; the loftiest tower... | |
 | William Williamson - 1902 - 264 sivua
...himself, provided he were only permitted, as far as possible, to have his own way." 78. " He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between...poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Embittering all his state." 79. " The next letter is from a public-spirited gentleman, who informs... | |
 | 1903 - 1186 sivua
...come to light, In every cranny but the right. The Eetired Cat. He that holds fast the golden mean,1 And lives contentedly between The little and the great,...not the wants that pinch the poor, Nor plagues that hannt the rich man's door. Translation of Horace. Boot ii. Ode x. But strive still to be a man before... | |
 | United States. 57th Congress, 1st session, 1901-1902 - 1903 - 80 sivua
...is an example of the golden mean which is commended by Horace in the following lines: He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between,...poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Embittering all his state. The tallest pines feel most the power Of wintry blasts; the loftiest tower... | |
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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. 
