 SAINT Peter sat by the celestial gate, His keys were rusty, and the lock was dull, So little trouble had been given of late ; Not that the place by any means was full, But since the Gallic era " eighty-eight," The devils had ta'en a longer, stronger pull,...  The Liberal: Verse and Prose from the South - Page 31822Full view - About this book
 | 1822 - 850 pages
...Atheistical blasphemer: let us now show how naturally and happily the Jacobin] is blended with the Infidel. Saint Peter sat by the celestial gate, His keys were...since the Gallic era " eighty-eight," The devils had ta'cn a longer, stronger pull, And " a pull altogether," as they say At sea— which drew most souls... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 600 pages
...judgment ! yea, a Daniel! I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word." V THE VISION OF JUDGMENT. i. SAINT Peter sat by the celestial gate, His keys were...Gallic era " eighty-eight," The devils had ta'en a onger, Stronger pull, And " a pull altogether," as they say n. The angels all were singing out of tune,... | |
 | 1822 - 852 pages
...as a sample of the manner in which this patrician poet labours to turn sacred things into ridicule. Saint Peter sat by the celestial gate, His keys were...place by any means was full, But since the Gallic era " eighty -eight," The devils had ta'cn a longer, stronger pull, And " a pull altogether," as they say... | |
 | Richard Carlile - 1824 - 876 pages
...moral lessons" are apt to be found in strange company.] THE VISION OF JUDGMENT. -*»•••«•ST. Peter sat by the celestial gate. His keys were rusty,...But since the Gallic era " eighty-eight," The Devils have ta'en a longer, stronger pull, And " a pull altogether," as they say At sea — which drew most... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...Weathercock. Lord Byron thus whimsically represents St. Peter with the keys at the Portal of Heaven : — Saint Peter sat by the celestial gate; His keys were...place by any means was full, But since the Gallic era " eighty eight," The devils had ta'cn a longer, stronger pull, And " a pull altogether," as they say... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 322 pages
...to judgment! yea, a Daniel! I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word." ISAINT Peter sat hy Uie celestial gate, His keys were rusty, and the lock was dull, So little trouhle had heen given of late; , Not that the place hy any means was full, But since the Gallic era... | |
 | Cobbett's Weekly Register Volume XLIX From January to March,1824 - 1824 - 856 pages
...horror of the levity with which were described those awful scenes of judgment which were to take " Saint Peter sat by the celestial gate, His keys were rusty, and I IIP lock was dull, So little trouble had beep given of late ; Not that the place by any means was... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
..."WAT TYLKU " A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel! I thank thec, Jew, for teaching me that word. SAINT Peter sat by the celestial gate, His keys were...Gallic era "eighty-eight," The devils had ta'en a longer,stronger pull, And "a pull altogether," as they say At sea— which drew most souls another... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 852 pages
...thee, Jen-, for teaching mo that word. SAIKT Peter sat by the celestial gate, His keys were nisty, and the lock was dull, So little trouble had been...place by any means was full, But since the Gallic era "eighty-eight,1' The devils had ta'en a longer, stronger pull, And "a pull altogether," as they eay... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1827 - 888 pages
...cone IO judgment ! j«. » Daniel ' I tbenk ibee. Jew, Tor lemiUing m<; ili.t word.» SAIHT Peter sal by the celestial gate, His keys were rusty, and the...place by any means was full, But since the Gallic era « eighty-right,» The devils had taken a longer, stronger pull, And » a pull altogether,» as they... | |
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