 When nations are to perish in their sins, 'Tis in the church the leprosy begins : The priest, whose office is, with zeal sincere, To watch the fountain, and preserve it clear, Carelessly nods and sleeps upon the brink, While others poison what the flock...  Edith Leslie - Página 32por Edith Leslie (fict.name.) - 1844Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Cowper - 1830 - 374 páginas
...sanctify the cheat ; The pharisee the dupe of his own art, Self-idolized, and yet a knave at heart. When nations are to perish in their sins, 'Tis in the church their leprosy begins ; The priest, whose office is, with zeal sincere, To watch the fountain and preserve... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 páginas
...sanctify the cheat ; The Pharisee the dupe of his own art, Self-idolized, and yet a knave at heart. When nations are to perish in their sins, Tis in the...fountain, and preserve it clear, Carelessly nods and tlcepe upon the brink, While others poison what the flock must drink ; Or, waking ai. the call of lust... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - 1834 - 442 páginas
...a period of great and general degeneracy, and stronger terms he could not employ. It has been said, When nations are to perish in their sins, 'Tis in the church the leprosy begins. Let this be granted ; still there is a previous question. How did this leprosy commence in the church... | |
 | Albany Fonblanque - 1837 - 420 páginas
...secondary one loses the terror which might otherwise belong to it. LORD GREY ON THE IRISH CHURCH. " When nations are to perish in their sins, "Tis in the Church the leprosy begins." — COWFEH. AT the opening of the Session, this promise was held out in the King's Speech : — " In... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 páginas
...sanetify the cheat, The pharisee the dupe of his own art, Self-idolized, and yet a knave at heart. When nations are to perish in their sins, 'Tis in...The priest, whose office is, with zeal sincere, To wateh the fountain, and preserve it clear, Carelessly nods and sleeps upon the brink, While others... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 260 páginas
...own art, Self idoliz'd, and yet a knave at heart. / When nations are to perish in their sins, 95 ' 'Tis in the church the leprosy begins ; The priest,...brink, While others poison what the flock must drink ; 100 Or, waking at the call of lust alone, Infuses lies and errours of his own ; His unsuspecting... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 456 páginas
...sanctify the cheat ; The Pharisee, the dupe of his own art, Self-idolized, and yet a knave at heart. When nations are to perish in their sins, 'Tis in...office is with zeal sincere To watch the fountain, aud preserve it clear, Carelessly nods and sleeps upon the brink. While others poison what the flock... | |
 | J. Fletcher - 1843 - 472 páginas
...the poet could now rise from the dead, he would believe himself to have prophesied when he wrote it : When nations are to perish in their sins, 'Tis in...sleeps upon the brink, While others poison what the sheep must drink ; Or waking at the call of lust alone, Infuses lies and errors of his own : His unsuspecting... | |
 | Baptist Wriothesley Noel - 1844 - 104 páginas
... *20 IN RHYME. BT BAPTIST W. NOEL, MA When nations are to perish in their sins, 'Tis in the church the leprosy begins. Then Ceremony leads her bigots forth, Prepared to fight for shadows of no worth ; While truths on which... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 840 páginas
...of carelesness or lavishing his treasures, 1 am afraid, are none. Sir Wm. Temple. To Lord Arlington. The priest, whose office is with zeal sincere To watch...brink While others poison what the flock must drink. Coa>]>er. Expostulation. Methinks the brain Of fair Eupbrosyne, heart-easing smiles, Hope and her brother... | |
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