Whose conscience is his strong retreat;
Whose state can neither flatterers feed, 15
Nor ruin make accusers great;
Who God doth late and early pray
More of his grace than gifts to lend;
And entertains the harmless day
With a religious book or friend; 20
—This man is freed from servile bands
Of hope to rise, or fear to fall;
Lord of himself, though not of lands;