 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1760 - 526 pages
...But on eternal mercy lov'd to dwell. He taught the gofpel rather than the law ; And forc'd himfelf to drive ; but lov'd to draw. For fear but freezes minds : but love, like heat, Exhales the foul fublime, to feek her native feat, To threats the ftubborn finner oft is hard, Wrapp'd in his crimes,... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1767 - 392 pages
...But on eternal mercy lov'd to dwell. He taught the gofpel rather than the law ; And forc'd himfelf to drive; but lov'd to draw. For fear but freezes minds: but love, like heat, Exhales the foul fublime, to feek her native feat, To threats the ftubborn finner oft is hard, Wrapp'd in his crimes,... | |
 | John Walter - 1785 - 258 pages
...But on eternal mercy lov'd to dwell. J He taught the gofpel rather than the law ; And forc'd himfelf to drive, but lov'd to draw. For fear but freezes minds : but love, like heat, Exhales the foul fublime, to feek her native feat. To threats the ftubborn finner oft is hard, Wrapt in his crimes,... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 352 pages
...But on eternal mercy lov'd to dwell. J He taught the gofpel rather than the law; .And forc'd himfelf to drive; but lov'd to draw.. For fear but freezes minds: but love, like .heat, Exhales the foul fublime, to feek her native feat, To threats the ftubborn finner oft is hard, Wrapp'd in his crimes,... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - 1795 - 322 pages
...But on eternal mercy lov'd to dwell. He taught the Gofpel, rather than the Law; And forc'd himfelf to drive, but lov'd to draw : For fear but freezes minds ; but love, like heat, Exhales the foul fublime to feek her native feat. To threats the ftubborn finner oft is hard ; Wrapp'd in his crimes,... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 806 pages
...tut, on eternal mercy lov'd to dwell. J He taught the gofpel rather than the law ; And t'orc'd huiifcU to drive ; but lov'd to draw. For fear but freezes minds : but love, like heat, Exales the foul fublitne, to feck her native feat, To threats the ftubborn firmer oft is hard, Wrapp'd... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 346 pages
...becoming zeal ; > But on eternal mercy lov'd to dwell. J He taught the gospel rather than the law; 30 And forc'd himself* to drive ; but lov'd to draw....prepar'd ; But when the milder beams of mercy play, 36 He melts, and throws his cumbrous cloak away. Lightning and thunder (heaven's artillery) As harbingers... | |
 | John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 500 pages
...loved to dwell. * He taught the gospel rather than the law, And forced himself to drive, but loved to draw. For fear but freezes minds; but love, like...seat. To threats the stubborn sinner oft is hard, Wrapped in his crimes, against the storm prepared; But when the milder beams of mercy play, He melts,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 506 pages
...loved to dwell. 3 He taught the gospel rather than the law, And forced himself to drive, but loved to draw. For fear but freezes minds; but love, like...seat. To threats the stubborn sinner oft is hard, Wrapped in his crimes, against the storm prepared ; But when the milder beams of mercy play, He melts,... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - Education - 1809 - 516 pages
...hopes, that truth and mild benevolence will in time have power to persuade and convince. • • , To threats the stubborn sinner oft is hard, Wrapp'd in his crimes against the storm prepaid; But when the milder beams of mercy play, He melts, and throws his cumbrous cloak away. A curate... | |
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And forced himself to drive, but loved to draw : For Fear but freezes minds ; but Love, like heat, Exhales the soul sublime to seek her native seat. 
