 Thou art indeed just, Lord, if I contend With thee; but, sir, so what I plead is just. Why do sinners' ways prosper? and why must Disappointment all I endeavour end? Wert thou my enemy, O thou my friend, How wouldst thou worse, I wonder, than thou dost...  The Catholic Anthology - Page 254publié par - 1927 - 552 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Alfred Henry Miles - 1906 - 738 pages
...enemy, O thou my friend, ' •• " ' ''• How couldst thou worse, I wonder, than thou dost Defeat, thwart me ? Oh, the sots and thralls of lust Do in...thrive than I that spend, Sir, life upon thy cause." . . . In connection with which may be read the follow ing undated fragment of a hymn. O ,f; "Thee,... | |
 | Laurence Binyon - 1924 - 392 pages
...end ? Wert thou my enemy, O thou my friend, How wouldst thou worse, I wonder, than thou dost Defeat, thwart me ? Oh, the sots and thralls of lust Do in...birds build — but not I build ; no, but strain, Time's eunuch, and not breed one work that wakes. Mine, O thou lord of life, send my roots rain. Gerard... | |
 | Laurence Binyon - 1924 - 394 pages
...end? Wert thou my enemy, O thou my friend, How wouldst thou worse, I wonder, than thou dost Defeat, thwart me? Oh, the sots and thralls of lust Do in...than I that spend, Sir, life upon thy cause. See, hanks and brakes Now, leaved how thick! laced they are again With fretty chervil, look, and fresh wind... | |
 | R. P. Hewett - 1985 - 322 pages
...end? 4 Wert thou my enemy, O thou my friend, How wouldst thou worse, I wonder, than thou dost Defeat, thwart me? Oh, the sots and thralls of lust Do in spare hours more thrive than I that spend, 8 Sir, life upon thy cause. See, banks and brakes Now, leaved how thick! laced they are again With... | |
 | George T. Wright - 1988 - 366 pages
...verbs: With witness I speak this. But where I say Hours I mean years, mean life. And my lament (69:5-6) Oh, the sots and thralls of lust Do in spare hours...thrive than I that spend, Sir, life upon thy cause. (74:8-9) As Hopkins realized, when English metrical verse relaxes its ties to impassioned speech and... | |
 | Benedetto Croce - 1990 - 260 pages
...end? Wert thou my enemy, O thou my friend, How wouldst thou worse, I wonder, than thou dost Defeat, thwart me? Oh, the sots and thralls of lust Do in...fretty chervil, look, and fresh wind shakes Them; birds build—but not I build; no but strain, Time's eunuch, and not breed one work that wakes. Mine, O thou... | |
 | Robert Atwan, Laurance Wieder - 1993 - 514 pages
...end? Wert thou mine enemy, O thou my friend, How wouldst thou worse, I wonder, than thou dost Defeat, thwart me? Oh, the sots and thralls of lust Do in...Them; birds build — but not I build; no, but strain, Time's eunuch, and not breed one work that wakes. Mine, O thou lord of life, send my roots rain. 17:14-18... | |
 | Masson - 1995 - 228 pages
...end? Wert thou my enemy, O thou my friend, How wouldst thou worse, I wonder, than thou dost Defeat, thwart me? Oh, the sots and thralls of lust Do in...Them; birds build - but not I build; no, but strain, Time's eunuch, and not breed one work that wakes. Mine, O thou lord of life, send my roots rain. GERARD... | |
 | Gerard Manley Hopkins - 1995 - 68 pages
...enemy, O thou my friend, How wouldst thou worse, I wonder, than thou dost Defeat, thwart me? Oh, the sob and .thralls of lust Do in spare hours more thrive...Them; birds build —but not I build; no, but strain, Time's eunuch, and not breed one work that wakes. Mine, O thou lord of life, send my roots rain. 51... | |
 | Robert Alter - 1996 - 264 pages
...end? Wert thou my enemy, O thou my friend, How wouldst thou worse, I wonder, than thou dost Defeat, thwart me? Oh, the sots and thralls of lust Do in...Them; birds build — but not I build: no but strain, Time's eunuch, and not breed one work that wakes. Mine, O thou lord of life, send my roots rain. The... | |
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