 Earth gets its price for what Earth gives us ; The beggar is taxed for a corner to die in, The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives us, We bargain for the graves we lie in ; At the Devil's booth are all things sold, Each ounce of dross costs its...  Messiah Pulpit - Page 111896Full view - About this book
 | William Swinton - 1886 - 690 pages
...and shrives* us, We bargain for the graves we lie in; At the devil's booth are all things sold, 15 Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold; For a...given away, 'Tis only God may be had for the asking. 30 No price is set on the lavish summer; June may be had by the poorest comer. 4. And what is so rare... | |
 | 1886 - 552 pages
...corner to die in; The priest has his fee who comes and shrives us ; We bargain for the graves we lie in; At the Devil's booth are all things sold, Each ounce...cap and bells our lives we pay, Bubbles we buy with the whole soul's tasking; 'Tis heaven alone that is given away, 'Tis only God may be had for the asking;... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1887 - 184 pages
...cap and bells " has become the symbol of folly. Thus, in Lowell's Vision of Sir Launfal we read : " At the devil's booth are all things sold, Each ounce...ounce of gold ; For a cap and bells our lives we pay," etc. 45, line 213. — Harlequin. One of the chief characters in the pantomime which is a regular feature... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1887 - 200 pages
...Thus, in Lowell's Vision of Sir Launfal we read : " At the devil's booth are all things sold, Kach ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold : For a cap and bells our lives we pay," etc. Page 45, line 213. — Harliqmn. One of the chief characters in the pantomime which is a regular... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1889 - 248 pages
...to die in, The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives us, We bargain for the graves we lie in ; At the devil's booth are all things sold, Each ounce...given away, 'Tis only God may be had for the asking ; so No price is set on the lavish summer ; June may be had by the poorest comer. v. And what is so... | |
 | 1889 - 552 pages
...corner to die in, The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives us, We bargain for the graves we lie in. At the devil's booth are all things sold : Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold ; 1 See Wordsworth's Ode on Intimations of Immortality. For a cap and bells our lives we pay, Bubbles... | |
 | Robert Comfort Metcalf, Orville T. Bright - 1889 - 246 pages
...oak, give me. 2. Glorious fountain ! Let my heart be Fresh, changeful, constant, upward, like thee. 3. 'Tis heaven alone that is given away, Tis only God may be had for the asking. 4. Life is a leaf of paper white Whereon each of us may write His word or two, and then comes night.... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 338 pages
...corner to die in, The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives us, We bargain for the graves we lie in; At the devil's booth are all things sold, Each ounce...we pay, Bubbles we buy with a whole soul's tasking: 'T is heaven alone that is given away, 'T is only God may be had for the asking; No price is set on... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 452 pages
...who comes and shrives us, We bargain for the graves we lie in ; At the devil's booth are all tilings sold, Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold...we pay, Bubbles we buy with a whole soul's tasking : 'T is heaven alone that is given awav, TU only God шау be had for the asking ; No price is set... | |
 | Robert Percival Downes - 1890 - 142 pages
...fee who tries to heal us ; We bargain for the graves we lie in; At the devil's mart all things are sold, Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold. For a cap and bells our lives we pay, Bubbles we earn with our whole soul's tasking ; 'Tis only God that is given away, 'Tis only heaven may be had... | |
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