| 1882 - 722 страници
...have suggested. You might read the lines and never guess what sort of event had inspired them : — " Live well and fear no sudden fate : When God calls...soon or late, Mercy alike to kill or save. Virtue unmoved can hear the call, And face the flash that melts the ball." The son of a true poet, whose title... | |
| William Baptiste Scoones - 1883 - 624 страници
...faithful could expire ; Victims so pure Heav'n saw well pleas'j And snatch'd them in celestial fire. Live well, and fear no sudden fate : When God calls...can hear the call, And face the flash that melts the hall. Upon the whole, I can't think these people unhappy. The greatest happiness, next to living as... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1886 - 596 страници
...so pure Heaven saw well pleas' d, Aud snatch'd them in celestial fire. Live well and fear no sadden fate : When God calls Virtue to the grave, Alike 'tis...soon or late, Mercy alike to kill or save. Virtue unmoved can hear the call, And face the flash that melts the ball. I beg you, my Lord, not to spare... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1886 - 594 страници
...faithful could expire ; Victims so pure Heaven saw well pleas' d, And snatch'd them in celestial fire. Live well and fear no sudden fate : When God calls Virtue to the grave, Alike 'tis justice soon or lute, Mercy alike to kill or save. Virtue unmoved can hear the call, And face the flash that melts... | |
| Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1890 - 310 страници
...seiz'd. Think not by rig'rous judgment seiz'd, A pair so faithful could expire ; Victims so pure Heav'n saw well pleas'd, And snatch'd them in celestial fire....sudden fate ; When God calls virtue to the grave, Alike 't is justice, soon or late, — Mercy alike to kill or save. Virtue unmov'd can hear the call, And... | |
| Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1890 - 314 страници
...faithful could expire ; Victims so pure Heav'n saw well pleas'd, And snatch'd them in celestial fire. u. Live well, and fear no sudden fate ; When God calls virtue to the grave, Alike 't is justice, soon or late, — Mercy alike to kill or save. Virtue unmov'd can hear the call, And... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1891 - 340 страници
...judgment seized, A pair so faithful could expire ; Victims so pure Heaven saw well pleased, And snatched them in celestial fire. ii. Live well, and fear no...soon or late, Mercy alike to kill or save. Virtue unmoved can hear the call, And face the flash that melts the ball. '- Two lovers who were killed by... | |
| Alexander Pope, Sir Adolphus William Ward - 1893 - 588 страници
...faithful could expire; Victims so pure Heav'n saw well pleas'd, And snatch'd them in celestial fire. IO II. LIVE well, and fear no sudden fate; When God calls...to kill or save. Virtue unmov'd can hear the call, 15 And face the flash that melts the ball. ON THE COUNTESS OF BURLINGTON CUTTING PAPER. [THE lady of... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1893 - 566 страници
...faithful could expire; Victims so pure Heav'n saw well pleas'd, And snatch'd them in celestial fire. 10 II. LIVE well, and fear no sudden fate; When God calls...to kill or save. Virtue unmov'd can hear the call, 15 And face the flash that melts the ball. ON THE COUNTESS OF BURLINGTON CUTTING PAPER. [THE lady of... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1894 - 322 страници
...faithful could expire ; Victims so pure Heaven saw well pleas'd, And snatch'd them in celestial fire. Live well and fear no sudden fate ; When God calls...Alike 'tis justice soon or late, Mercy alike to kill and save. Virtue unmoved can hear the call. And face the flash that melts the bmlL Some half-mile from... | |
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