The angels all were singing out of tune, And hoarse with having little else to do, Excepting to wind up the sun and moon, Or curb a runaway young star or two, Or wild colt of a comet, which too soon Broke out of bounds o'er... cobbett's weekly register volume xlix - Page 199by Cobbett's Weekly Register Volume XLIX From January to March,1824 - 1824Full view - About this book
| 1822 - 614 pages
...opeus with a very humourous view of Sti Peter, sitting outside Heaven, with his rusty key — aad " The angels all were singing out of tune, And hoarse...little else to do, Excepting; to wind up the sun and mooD, And curb a runaway young star or two.'* Excepting the " recording angel," mentioned by Sterne,... | |
| 1822 - 628 pages
...means was full, But since the 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 way. II. The angels all were singing out of tune, And hoarse with having little else to do, Excepting to... | |
| 1823 - 500 pages
...and angels ; in open defiance of public decency and public feeling. We are introduced to the angels singing out of tune : And hoarse with having little else to do : To Saint Peter in heaven, talking of Cerberus : And sweating through his apostolic skin. To Satan,... | |
| Richard Carlile - Free thought - 1824 - 876 pages
...was full, 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...curb a runaway young star or two, Or wild colt of a cornet, which too soon Broke out of bounds o'er the ethereal blue, Splitting some planet with its playful... | |
| Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...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 At sea — which...else to do, Excepting to wind up the sun and moon, Or curl) a runaway young star or two, Or wild colt of a comet, which too soon Broke out of hounds o'er... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 322 pages
...stronger pull, And " a pull altogether," as the)- say At sea — which drew most souls another way. II. The angels all were singing out of tune, And hoarse...else to do, Excepting to wind up the sun and moon, Or cuth a runaway young star or two, Or wild colt of a comet, which too soon Broke out of hounds o'er... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 916 pages
...was full, But since the 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 way. n. The angels all were singing out of tune, And hoarse with having little else to do, Excepting to... | |
| Poets, English - 1825 - 422 pages
...means was full, But since the 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 way." After a burlesque description of the employment of the angels and guardian seraphs, the author proceeds... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1827 - 888 pages
...was full, But since the Gallic era « eighty-right,» The devils had taken a longer, stronger pull, And » a pull altogether,» as they say At sea — which drew most wuls another way. IL The angels all were singing out of tune, And hoarse with having little else to... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1828 - 780 pages
...pull altogether,» as (hey say At sea — which drew most souls another way. И. The angels all veré singing out of tune, And hoarse with having little...sun and moon, Or curb a runaway young star or two, i>r wild colt of a comet, which too soon Üroke out of bounds o'er the ethrreal blue, Splitting some... | |
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