 | 1828 - 746 pages
...self-aw'd zeal : put on the glist'ring pall Of immortality.— A novice thief, who in a closet spies ., A heap of gold that on a table lies, Fearful, and...fingers' ends; And yet again returns, the booty takes; E'en so doth Eve shew, by ilke fearful Ihahions, The doubtful combat of contending passions; She would,... | |
 | English literature - 1828 - 724 pages
...self-aw'd zeal : put on the glist'ring pall .Of immortality. A novice thief, who in a closet spies .. A heap of gold that on a table lies, Fearful, and trembling, twice or thrice extends, i And twice or thrice retires his fingers' ends ; And yet again returns, the booty takes ; E'en so... | |
 | Josuah Sylvester - 1880 - 330 pages
...spies A heap of Gold, that on the Table lies) Pale, fearfull shivering, twice or thrice extends, 340 And twice or thrice retires his fingers' ends, And yet again returns ; the booty takes, And faintly-bold, up in his cloak it makes, Scarce findes the door, with faultring foot he flies, And... | |
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... parley ended, our ambitious Grandam, Who onely yet did heart and eye abandon, Against the Lord, now farther doth proceed, And hand and mouth makes guilty of the deed. A novice Thief (that in a Closet spies A heap of Gold, that on the Table lies) Pale,... 