 No cause deferred, no vain-spent journey; For there Christ is the King's Attorney, Who pleads for all without degrees, And He hath angels, but no fees. And when the grand twelve-million jury Of our sins, with direful fury, 'Gainst our souls black verdicts...  Some Longer Elizabethan Poems - Page 384edited by - 1903 - 441 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles John Abbey - English poetry - 1892 - 460 pages
...angels, but no fees. And when the grand twelve million jury Of our sins, with direful fury, Against our souls black verdicts give, Christ pleads His death...taintless pleader, Unblotted lawyer, true proceeder ! Thou givest salvation even for alms, Not with a bribed lawyer's palms. And this is mine eternal plea To... | |
 | George Saintsbury - English poetry - 1892 - 362 pages
...then we live. Be Thou my speaker, taintless pleader, Unblotted lawyer, true proceeder ! Thou givest salvation even for alms ; Not with a bribed lawyer's palms. And this is mine eternal plea To Him that made heaven, and earth, and sea, That, since my flesh must die so soon,... | |
 | English literature - 1895 - 694 pages
...degrees; And he hath angels, but no fees ! When the grand twelve million Jury, Of our sins and sinful fury, 'Gainst our souls, black verdicts give : CHRIST...taintless Pleader ! Unblotted Lawyer ! true Proceeder 1 Thou movest salvation, even for alms I Not with a bribed lawyer's palms. And this is my eternal Plea,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1895 - 650 pages
...angels, but no fees. And when the grand twelve-million jury Of our sins, with direful fury, Against our souls black verdicts give, Christ pleads His death,...taintless pleader, Unblotted lawyer, true proceeder ! Thou givest salvation even for alms; Not with a bribed lawyer's palms. And this is mine eternal plea To... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 1895 - 652 pages
...angels, but no fees. And when the grand twelve-million jury Of our sins, with direful fury, Against our souls black verdicts give, Christ pleads His death,...taintless pleader, Unblotted lawyer, true proceeder ! Thou givest salvation even for alms ; Not with a bribed lawyer's palms. And this is mine eternal plea To... | |
 | Felix Emmanuel Schelling - English poetry - 1895 - 412 pages
...grand twelve-million jury Of our sins, with direful fury, 'Gainst our souls black verdicts give, 45 Christ pleads his death, and then we live. Be thou...taintless pleader, Unblotted lawyer, true proceeder ! Thou giv'st salvation even for alms ; Not with a bribed lawyer's palms. 50 And this is mi»e eternal plea... | |
 | Herbert Edward Reynolds - Christian church - 1895 - 518 pages
...subject of these memoirs. These are Ralegh's remains and the Eikon Basilike. Take for example this : — Christ pleads His Death, and then we live, Be thou...taintless Pleader, Unblotted Lawyer, true Proceeder. or again : — And this mine eternal Plea To Him that made Heav'n, Earthe and Sea, That since my Flesh... | |
 | Felix Emmanuel Schelling - English poetry - 1895 - 412 pages
...as in Raleigh's Pilgrimage, p. 130: And when the grand twelve-million jury Of our sins with direful fury, 'Gainst our souls black verdicts give, Christ pleads his death, and then we live. Here the norm is four iambic feet, making eight syllables ; but these lines number respectively nine,... | |
 | Felix Emmanuel Schelling - English poetry - 1895 - 412 pages
...as in Raleigh's Pilgrimage, p. 130: And when the grand twelve-million jury Of our sins with direful fury, 'Gainst our souls black verdicts give, Christ pleads his death, and then we live. Here the norm is four iambic feet, making eight syllables ; but these lines number respectively nine,... | |
 | Felix Emmanuel Schelling - English poetry - 1895 - 424 pages
...as in Raleigh's Pilgrimage, p. 130: And when the grand twelve-million jury Of our sins with direful fury, 'Gainst our souls black verdicts give, Christ pleads his death, and then we live. Here the norm is four iambic feet, making eight syllables ; but these lines number respectively nine,... | |
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