In sober state,
Through the sequestered vale of rural life,
The venerable patriarch guileless held
The tenor of his way.


Line 108. Compare: "They kept the noiseless tenor of their way" (alternately quoted as "the even tenor of their way"), Thomas Gray, Elegy in a Country Churchyard, Stanza 19, line 4. - Death: A Poetical Essay (1759)

Beilby Porteus Quotes

In sober state, Through the sequestered vale of rural life, The venerable patriarch guileless held The tenor of his way.

In sober state, Through the sequestered vale of rural life, The venerable patriarch guileless held The tenor of his way.

In sober state, Through the sequestered vale of rural life, The venerable patriarch guileless held The tenor of his way.

In sober state, Through the sequestered vale of rural life, The venerable patriarch guileless held The tenor of his way.