 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 Seiten
...V a (Erne Cent. Is this a fast — to keep The larder lean, And clean Prom fat of veals and sheep f Is it to quit the dish Of flesh, yet still To fill The platter high with ftsht Is it to fast an hour — Or ragged to go — Or show A downcast look, and sour f No ! 'tis a... | |
 | English sacred lyrics - 1884 - 296 Seiten
...come, in pious lays, Sound we God Almighty's praise. ROBERT HERRICK, XXVII. 1591—1674. TO KEEP A TRUE LENT. IS this a fast, to keep The larder lean...high with fish ? Is it to fast an hour, Or ragged to go, Or show A downcast look, and sour ? No : 'tis a fast, to dole Thy sheaf of wheat, And meat,... | |
 | English sacred lyrics - 1884 - 296 Seiten
...come, in pious lays, Sound we God Almighty's praise. ROBERT HERRICK, XXVII. 1591— 1674. TO KEEP A TRUE LENT. IS this a fast, to keep The larder lean...high with fish ? Is it to fast an hour, Or ragged to go, Or show A downcast look, and sour ? No : 'tis a fast, to dole Thy sheaf of wheat, It is to fast... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1884 - 342 Seiten
...unto all, lest He whom thou deniest May chance to be no other man but Christ. Hell Fire. To Keep a True Lent. Is this a fast to keep The larder lean,...platter high with fish ? Is it to fast an hour, Or ragg'd to go, Or show A downcast look, and sour ? No; 'tis a fast, to dole Thy sheaf of wheat And meat... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1885 - 330 Seiten
...all ; But look how each transgressor onward wen Boldly in sin, shall feel more punishment. To Keep a True Lent. Is this a. fast to keep The larder lean,...platter high with fish ? Is it to fast an hour, Or ragg'd to go, Or show A downcast look, and sour ? No ; 'tis a fast, to dole Thy sheaf of wheat And... | |
 | Thomas Lewis O. Davies - 1885 - 130 Seiten
...perhaps almost gluttonous, in that which they substituted for it. One of our old poets writes : — "Is this a fast to keep The larder lean And clean...flesh, yet still To fill The platter high with fish?" We must not offer to the Lord our God, even in such trifling matters, of that which has cost us nothing.... | |
 | Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones, Joseph Samuel Exell, Charles Neil - 1889 - 528 Seiten
...forsake our sins and turn unto God. God will have mercy upon the penitent. —7, Wolfendale. [15975] Is this a fast, to keep The larder lean And clean...high with fish ? Is it to fast an hour, Or ragged to go, Or show A downcast look, or snore ? No ; 'tis a fast to dole Thy sheaf of wheat And meat Unto... | |
 | 1889 - 332 Seiten
...stood, and Christmas pie, Nor failed old Scotland to produce, At such high tide, her savory fotsf. 38. Is this a fast— to keep The larder lean, And clean From fat of -,<eals and sheep ? 39. Faith, I can cut a caper, And I can cut the mutton to't. 40. When the oldest... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1890 - 460 Seiten
...brave ; And after they have shown their pride, Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. TO KEEP A TRUE LENT. Is this a fast, to keep The larder lean,...platter high with fish? Is it to fast an hour, Or rag'd to go, Or show A downcast look, and sour? No : 't is a fast to dole Thy sheaf of wheat, And meat,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1890 - 482 Seiten
...; • And after they have shown their pride, Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. TO KEEP A TRUE LENT. Is this a fast, to keep The larder lean,...platter high with fish? Is it to fast an hour, Or rag'd to go, Or show A downcast look, and sour? No : 't is a fast to dole Thy sheaf of wheat, And meat,... | |
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Is this a. fast to keep The larder lean, And clean From fat of veals and sheep ? Is it to quit the dish Of flesh, yet still To fill The platter high with fish... 
