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,... The Task: In Six Books - Page 47by William Cowper - 1836 - 172 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Cowper - 1817 - 248 pages
...affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men. Behold the picture !— Is it like ? — Like whom ? The things that mount the rostnim with a skip, And then skip down again ; pronounce a text ; Cry — hem; and reading what they... | |
| Benjamin Silliman (Sr.) - 1820 - 332 pages
...loose declamation, in the form of a sermon, in precisely twelve minutes. He seemed to be one of those . things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then...work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene !" This gentleman, however, had the advantage of Cowper's divine, by just three minutes of time, and,... | |
| William Cowper - 1869 - 306 pages
...grace to guilty meri. Behold the picture ! — Is it like ? — Like whom ? The things that mount (he rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again ? pronounce...fifteen minutes, huddle up their work, And with a well bred whisper close the scene ! In man or woman, but far most in man And most of all in man that... | |
| 1820 - 696 pages
...gold ring, and apparently think they are doing an honour to their Saviour by murdering his gospel, " the things that mount the Rostrum with a skip, and then skip down again." On a Sunday morning, during my ramble through the churchyard, I espied an equipage rapidly approaching,... | |
| 1821 - 456 pages
...gold ring, and apparently think they are doing an honour to their Saviour by murdering his gospel, " the things that mount the Rostrum with a skip, and then skip down again." On a Sunday morning, during my ramble through the churchyard, I espied an equipage rapidly approaching,... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 562 pages
...affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men. Behold the picture ! — Is it like ? — Like whom ? The...work, And with a wellbred whisper close the scene ! To conquer those by jocular exploits, Whom truth and soberness assail'd in vain. O Popular Applause... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 310 pages
...affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men. Behold the picture ! — Is it like? — like whom? The things...fifteen minutes, huddle up their work, And with a well bred whisper close the scene ! In man or woman, but far most in man, And most of all in man that... | |
| William Cowper - 1822 - 258 pages
...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 whisper close the scene ! In man or woman, but far most in man, And most of all in man that... | |
| John Bunyan - 1823 - 546 pages
...messenger of grace to guilty men. Behold the picture I—Is it like?—Like whom ? The things Ibat mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down...work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene." The Task, Book II. The Time-piece. Passion and Patience. I saw moreover in my dream, that the Interpreter... | |
| British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...AH affectation. 'Tis my perfect scorn ; Object of my implacable disgust. Cowper's Tatk, b. 2. Behold the picture ! Is it like ? Like whom ? The things...work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene. Ibid. From such apostles, oh ye mitred heads Preserve the church ; and lay not careless hands On sculls... | |
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