Old man ! there is no power in holy men, Nor charm in prayer, nor purifying form Of penitence, nor outward look, nor fast, Nor agony — nor, greater than all these, The innate tortures of that deep despair, Which is remorse without the fear of hell,... Manfred: A Dramatic Poem - Page 59by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1819 - 80 pagesFull view - About this book
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...thoughts. Manfred thus answers his solicitations. Old man ' there is no power in holy men, \ocharm in prayer — nor purifying form Of penitence —...of that deep despair, Which is remorse without the (ear of hell, But all in all sufficient to itself Would make a hell of heaven — can exorcise From... | |
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...humbleness His servant echoes back the awful word. MA1SFRED. Old man ! there is no power in holy men, Nor charm in prayer — nor purifying form Of penitence...hell, But all in all sufficient to itself Would make a bell of heaven — can exorcise From out the unbounded •;.!''. the quick sense Of its own sins, wrongs,... | |
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...charm in prayer—nor purifying form Of penitence—nor outward look—nor fast— Nor agony—nor, greater than all these, The innate tortures of that...all in all sufficient to itself Would make a hell of heaven—can exorcise From out the unbounded spirit, the quick sense Of its own sins, wrongs, sufferance,... | |
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...all humbleness His servant echoes back the awful word. Man/. Old man ! there ig no power in holy men, Nor charm in prayer— nor purifying form Of penitence...despair. Which is remorse without the fear of hell, lint all in all sufficient to itself Would make a hell of heaven -can exorcise If romout the unbounded... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1826 - 662 pages
...Slor charm in prayer — nor purifying form Df penitence — nor outward look — nor fast — SOT agony — nor, greater than all these, The innate...despair Which is remorse without the fear of hell, Hut all in all sufficient to itself SCEnI.] MANFBED Si With cahn assnrance to that hlessed place, Which... | |
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...humbleness Hi* servant echoes back the awful word. Man/. Old man ! there is no power in holy men, W charm in prayer — nor purifying form Of penitence — nor outward look— nor fa«t— \nr agony— nor, greater than all these, The innate tortures of that deep despair, Which... | |
| William Hone - 1827 - 892 pages
...reparation in like manner, and so make clean his conscience. CONSCIENCE. -There is no power in holy men. Nor charm in prayer — nor purifying form Of penitence...heaven— can exorcise, From out the unbounded spirit, tbe quick sense Of ite own sine, wrongs, sufferance, and revenge Upon itself; there is no future pang... | |
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