Title: How happy is he born and taught

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How happy is he born and taught 
 How happy is he born or taught, Who serveth not another’s will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his highest skill: 
 Whose passions not his masters are; Who soul is still prepared for death; Nor tied unto the world with care Of prince’s ear or vulgar breath: 
 Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than goods to lend, And walks with man, from day to day, As with a brother and a friend. 
 This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise, or fear to fall; Lord of himself, though not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath all.