 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
 | Roy Porter - 2004 - 600 pages
...opening lines of Byron's The Vision of Judgment (1822), established the tone of urbane scepticism: Saint Peter sat by the celestial gate: His keys were...of late; Not that the place by any means was full. Byron made fun of the Laureate's parade of religiosity. Southey had gloried in the exploits of war:... | |
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