 | George Herbert - 1660 - 444 pages
...chance; ; Hearken unto a Verier, who may I Rhyme thee to good,and make a bait ( of pleafure, i A Verfe may find him, who a Sermon flies, And turn delight into a Sacrifice. , Beware of luft, it doth poHnte and foul Whom God in Baptiftne wafht with his ownbkxxl. It blots the... | |
 | John Rawlet - 1687 - 162 pages
...Church INTHE TOWN ^d COUNTY OF New-Caftle upon Tine. Etfrodejfe valent & deleft/ire Poeta. A verfe may find him, who a Sermon flies : And turn delight into a Sacrifice. Herfat> LICENSED. fc^/' v-,\.;<. Novemb. 22. Rolf. Midplcf. Ip^^:-.' , ,* f ' o-'V. ,>'ft ••**... | |
 | George Herbert - 1799 - 310 pages
...treafuie ; Hearken unto a Verfer, who may chance Rhyme thee to good, and make a bait of pleafure : A Verfe may find him who a Sermon flies, And turn delight into a facrifice. Beware of luft, it doth pollute and foul Whom God in baptifm wafh'd with ins own blood ;... | |
 | Samuel Richardson - Novelists, English - 1804 - 400 pages
...reflections are to the young, the gay, and the healthy, the more necessary are they to be inculcated. A verse may find him who a sermon flies, And turn delight into a sacrifice. Of this nature is my design. Religion never was at so low an ebb as at present. And if my work must... | |
 | Samuel Richardson - English fiction - 1811 - 460 pages
...guise of an amusement: h« should be most likely to serve his purpose, remembering that of the Poet:— A verse may find him who a sermon flies, And turn delight into a sacrifice. He was resolved, therefore, to attempt something that never yet had been done. He considered that the... | |
 | William Mason - Gardens - 1811 - 524 pages
...In careless metre, not in labour'd lays ; 300 Yet if a verse (as pious Herbert says) " May chance to find him, who a sermon flies, " And turn delight into a sacrifice," So these perus'd with candour, may dispel Some scruples, that with almost-Christians dwell. 305 I trust,... | |
 | William Mason - Church music - 1811 - 516 pages
...In careless metre, not in labour'd lays ; 300 Yet if a verse (as pious Herbert says) " May chance to find him, who a sermon flies, " And turn delight into a sacrifice," So these perus'd with candour, may dispel Some scruples, that with almost-Christians dwell. 305 I trust,... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - Authors, English - 1818 - 894 pages
...parts of one body ; so ought to have one spirit, and one of their calling to fit them for glory ; since A Verse may find him who a Sermon flies, And turn delight into a sacrifice. All that have Mr. Milton's fine Poem, which too abruptly leaves off at our Saviour's conquest over... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - Authors, English - 1818 - 890 pages
...parts of one body ; so ought to hare one spirit, and one of their calling to fit them for glory ; since A Verse may find him who a Sermon flies, And turn delight into a sacrifice. All that have Mr. Milton's fine Poem, which too abruptly leaves off at our Saviour's conquest over... | |
 | Samuel Richardson - 1820 - 442 pages
...guise of an amusement, he should be most likely to serve his purpose; remembering that of the poet: A verse may find him who a sermon flies, And turn delight into a sacrifice. He was resolved therefore to attempt something that never yet had been done. He considered that the... | |
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Thy rate and price, and mark thee for a treasure, Hearken unto a Verser, who may chance Rhyme thee to good, and make a bait of pleasure : A verse may find him, who a Sermon flies, And turn delight into a Sacrifice. 
