...blush for these distinctions which become the vehicles of your dishonour. Such a nation might truly say to corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister. We would say of such a race of men, their name is a heavier burden than their debt. On this theme my...

...idea o' man. those days. We were 'shamed of ourselves. We used to hear the minister read: "I have said to Corruption. Thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother, and the stars are not pure in His sight ; how much less than that is a worm." Oh, we had to look out for...

...with the worm feeding on them ; kindred of the earth shall you yourself become ; saying to the grave, 'Thou art my father'; and to the worm, 'Thou art my mother, and my sister.' "I leave you to judge, and to choose, between this labour, and the bequeathed peace ; these wages,...

...which have been the children of royal parents, and the parents of royal children, must say with Job, To corruption, Thou art my father, and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister. Miserable riddle, when the same worm must be my mother, and my sister, and myself. Miserable incest,...

...come ; and as touching this world, to count the grave my house, to make my bed in darkness, and to say to corruption, Thou art my father ; and to the worm, Thou art my mother and sister: that is, to familiarize these things to me." But notwithstanding these helps, I found myself...

...to them; ... as touching this world, to count the grave my house, to make my bed in darkness, and to say to corruption, Thou art my father, and to the worm, Thou art my mother and sister. . . . The parting with my wife and my poor children hath often been to me as the pulling of...

...that have been the children of royal parents, and the parents of royal children, must say with Job, "Corruption, thou art my father," and to the worm, "Thou art my mother and sister." Miserable riddle, when the same worm must be my mother and my sister and myself. Miserable...

...perfection " as his father, and the highest order of spirits as his brethren, may in another respect say to " corruption, Thou art my father ; and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister." Compare also Prelude, viii. 485-494 : In the midst stood Man, Outwardly, inwardly contemplated, As,...

...o' man, those days. We were 'shamed of ourselves. We used to hear the minister read : "I have said to Corruption, Thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother, and the stars are not pure in His sight ; how much less than that is a worm." Oh, we had to look out for...

...this question, bereaved, despoiled of his goods, and rotted alive ; and why did he say to the grave, Thou art my father; and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister — to the sole end that God and Satan might make a game and a trial of him? "For suffering," said...