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" Tis vain to flee, till gentle mercy show Her better eye ; the farther off we go, The swing of Justice deals the mightier blow. Th... "
Select Beauties of Ancient English Poetry - Page 29
by Henry Headley - 1787 - 198 pages
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Emblems Divine and Moral: Together with Hieroglyphics of the Life of Man

Francis Quarles - Emblem books - 1777 - 496 pages
...mercy Qiew The Iwing of juftice deals the mightier blow. Th'ingenuous child, corrected, doth not fly His angry mother's hand; but clings more nigh, And quenches with his tears her flaming eye. Shadows are fakhlefs, and the rocks are /alfe ; No truft in brafs, no truft in marble walls; Poor cots...
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Judgment and Mercy for Afflicted Souls: Or, Meditations, Soliloquies, and ...

Francis Quarles - Consolation - 1807 - 410 pages
...off we go, The swing of Justice deals the mightier blow. Th' ingenuous child, corrected, doth not fly His angry mother's hand, but clings more nigh, And...his tears, her flaming eye. Great God ! there is no safety here below ; Thou art my fortress, thou that seem'st my foe, 'Tis thou that strik'st the stroke,...
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Emblems, Divine and Moral

Francis Quarles - Emblem books, English - 1818 - 330 pages
...we go, The swing of Justice deuls the mightier blow. 'I'll' ingenuous child, corrected, doth not fly His angry mother's hand, but clings more nigh. And quenches with his tours her flaming eye. Shadows are faithless, and the rocks are false ; No trust in brass, no trust...
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Lives of Sacred Poets

Robert Aris Willmott - Poets, English - 1834 - 478 pages
...off we go, The swing of Justice deals the mightier blow. Th ingenuous child, corrected, doth not fly His angry mother's hand, but clings more nigh, And...his tears, her flaming eye. Great God ! there is no safety hero below ; Thou art my fortress ; Thou that secro'st my foe, . Tis Thou that strik'st the...
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Christian Examiner and Theological Review, Volume 13; Volume 18

Theology - 1835 - 424 pages
...off we go, The swing of Justice deals the mightier blow. The ingenuous child, corrected, doth not fly His angry mother's hand, but clings more nigh, And...his tears, her flaming eye. Great God ! there is no safety here below ; Thou art my fortress ; Thou that seem'st my foe, 'T is Thou that strik'st the stroke...
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Sacred Classics, Or, Cabinet Library of Divinity, Volume 21

Richard Cattermole, Henry Stebbing - Christianity - 1835 - 402 pages
...off we go The swing of justice deals the mightier blow. Th' ingenuous child, corrected, doth not fly His angry mother's hand, but clings more nigh, And quenches with his tears her flaming eye.: Shadows are faithless, and the rocks are false ; No trust in brass, no trust in marble walls ; Poor...
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The Book of Gems: Chaucer to Prior

Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1836 - 336 pages
...off we go, The swing of Justice deals the mightier blow. Th' ingenuous child, correeted, doth not fly His angry mother's hand ; but clings more nigh, And quenches with his tears her flaming eye. Shadows are faithless, and the roeks are false No trust in brass, no trust in marble walls; Poor cots...
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Sacred Poetry of the Seventeenth Century: Including the Whole of ..., Volume 1

Giles Fletcher - English poetry - 1836 - 400 pages
...off we go The swing of justice deals the mightier blow. Th' ingenuous child, corrected, doth not fly His angry mother's hand, but clings more nigh, And quenches with his tears her flaming eye. Shadows are faithless, and the rocks are false ; No trust in brass, no trust in marble walls ; Poor...
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The Book of Gems: Chaucer to Prior

Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1836 - 390 pages
...off we go, The swing of Justice deals the mightier blow. Th' ingenuous child, correeted, doth not fly His angry mother's hand ; but clings more nigh, And quenches with his tears her flaming eye. Shadows are faithless, and the roeks are false ; No trust in brass, no trust in marble walls ; Poor...
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Lives of the English Sacred Poets, Volume 1

Robert Aris Willmott - Poets, English - 1839 - 388 pages
...off we go, The swing of Justice deals the mightier blow. The ingenuous child, corrected, doth not fly His angry mother's hand, but clings more nigh, And...his tears, her flaming eye. Great God ! there is no safety here below; Thou art my fortress, though Thou seem'st my foe, 'Tis Thou that strik'st the stroke,...
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