 this is mine eternal plea, To him that made heaven, earth, and sea, Seeing my flesh must die so soon, And want a head to dine next noon, Just at the stroke of death, my arms being spread, Set on my soul an everlasting head. So shall I ready, like a palmer...  The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt: Miscellaneous works - Page 692by Sir Walter Raleigh - 1829Full view - About this book
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - American periodicals - 1858 - 638 pages
...fur¿', ‘Oainst our souls black verdicts give, Christ pleads his death, and then we live! “And this is mine eternal plea To him that made heaven, earth, and ass, That, since my flesh must dieso soon, And want a head to dine next noon, “ Then am I ready !... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...lawyer, true proceeder! Thou giv'st salvation even for alms— Not with a bribed lawyer's palms. And this is mine eternal plea To Him that made heaven, earth, and sea, That since my flesh must oUe so soon, And want a head to dine next noon, Just at the stroke when my... | |
 | Half hours - 1863 - 408 pages
...Lawyer, true Proceeder, Thou wouldst salvation even for alms, Not with a bribed Lawyer's palms. And this is mine eternal plea, To Him that made heaven, earth, and sea, And want a head to dine next noon, That since my flesh must die so soon, Set on my soul an everlasting... | |
 | George MacDonald - English literature - 1868 - 356 pages
...bribed lawyer's palms. And this is my eternal plea To him that made heaven, earth, and sea, That, since my flesh must die so soon, And want a head to dine next noon,— Just at the stroke, when my veins start and spread, Set on my soul an everlasting head: Then am I ready, like a palmer... | |
 | Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Henry Wotton - English poetry - 1870 - 320 pages
...and then wo live. And this is mine eternal piea To Him that made heaven, earth, and sea, That, sinee my flesh must die so soon, And want a head to dine next noon, Just at the stroke, when my veins start and spread, Set on my soul an everlasting head ! Then am I ready, like a palmer... | |
 | Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Henry Wotton - English poetry - 1870 - 322 pages
...lawyer, true proceeder! Thou givest salvation even for aims; Not with a bribed lawyer's palms. And this is mine eternal plea To Him that made heaven, earth, and sea, That, since my flesh must die so soon, And want a head to dine next noon, Just at the stroke, when... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...lawyer, true proceeder ! Thou giv'st salvation even for alms, — Not with a bribed lawyer's palms. And his nostril's play He seemed to the whole great army to say, " I That since my flesh must die so soon, And want a head to dine next нооп, Just at the stroke when... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...lawyer, true proceeder Г Thou giv'st salvation even for alms, — Not with a bribed lawyer's palms. And are now agreed at last. " The water is cut That since my flesh must die so soou, And want a head to dine next noon, Just at the stroke when my... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1873 - 906 pages
...true proceeder ! Thou giv'st salvation even for alms, —• Not with a bribed lawyer's palms. And h than mild, — "All this is when he comes." She ceased. The ligh That since my ilesh must die so soon, And want a head to dine next noon, Just at the stroke when my... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1874 - 914 pages
...lawyer, true proceeder ! Thou giv'st salvation even for alms, — Not with a brilx-d lawyer's palms. And this is mine eternal plea To Him that made heaven, earth, and sea, That since my flesh must die so soon, And want a head to dine next noon, Just at the stroke when my... | |
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