A messenger of grace to guilty men. Behold the picture ! — Is it like ? — Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again ; pronounce a text ; Cry — hem ! and reading what they never wrote, Just fifteen minutes,... Poems - Strona 50autor: William Cowper - 1819Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
| William Cowper - 1847 - Liczba stron: 556
...well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men. Bebold the picture !— Is it like !— Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip And...fifteen minutes, huddle up their work, And with a we!I-bred whisper close the scene ! In man or woman, but far most in man, And most of all in man that... | |
| 1847 - Liczba stron: 698
...enthusiast." With a keener satire Cowper takes up the strain : "Belrold the picture! Ii it like 1 Like whom 1 The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down ngnin ; pronounce a Icxt, Cry. hem— and reading what they never wrote, Just fifteen minutes, huddle... | |
| William John Dawson - 1848 - Liczba stron: 1186
...appendages, having been removed, and a plain platform slightly elevated erected ; aud in place of, "The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again ; pronounce » text; Cry— hem ! and reading what they never wrote Jnst fifteen mimiles, huddle up their work,... | |
| William Cowper - 1849 - Liczba stron: 740
...well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men. Behold the picture ! — Is it like ?— Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again ; pronounce a text, 410 Cry, hem ! and reading what they never wrote, — Just fifteen minutes, huddle up their work, And... | |
| William Cowper - 1850 - Liczba stron: 516
...well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men. Behold the picture ! — Is it like ? — Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And...work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene ! All affectation. 'Tis my perfect scorn ; Object of my implacable disgust. What ! — will a man play... | |
| Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - 1858 - Liczba stron: 580
...well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men. Behold the picture ! — Is it like ? — like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again ; prononnce a text ; Cry — hem; and reading what they never wrote Just fifteen minutes, huddle up... | |
| John Albert Broadus - 1871 - Liczba stron: 516
...address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men. Behold the picture. Is it like ? Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip And then skip down again; pronounce a text; Cry —hem;-and reading what they never wrote, Just fifteen minutes, huddle up their work, And with a well-bred... | |
| Robert Bell - 1872 - Liczba stron: 420
...as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men. Behold the picture! Is it like? — Like whom? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And...work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene. In mart or woman, but far most in man, And most of all in man that ministers And serves the altar, in... | |
| Ephraim Hunt - 1872 - Liczba stron: 658
...well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men. Behold the picture ! Is it like ? — like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And...work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene. ROBERT BURNS. 1759-1796. Chiefly renowned for his pathetic and spirit-stirring songs. Other proofs... | |
| William Cowper - 1872 - Liczba stron: 290
...well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men. Behold the picture !— Is it like ?— Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And...never wrote, Just fifteen minutes, huddle up their Vork, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene. In man or woman, but far most in man, And most... | |
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