 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...god on Earth turns devil in Hell: And lo ! his ministers of slate, Transform 'd to imps, his levee expos 'd. triple-barking mouth lo stop; Or in the ivory gate of dreams Project excise and South-sea schemes ;... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...god on Earth turns devil in Hell : And lo ! his ministers of state, Transform 'd to imps, his levee QH boot, Contrive to bribe the judge's vote; To Cerberus they give a sop, His triple-barking mouth to... | |
 | Andrew Amos - Poisoning - 1846 - 598 pages
...dunce, or beast. As soon as you can hear his knell, This God on earth turns devil in hell. And, lo I his ministers of state, Transform'd to imps, his levy...South-Sea schemes, Or hire their party pamphleteers To aet Elysium by the ears. Then, poet! if yon mean to thrive, Employ your muse on kings alive, With prudence... | |
 | English poetry - 1852 - 874 pages
...god on Earth turns devil in Hell : And lo ! his ministers of state, Transform 'd to imps, his levee OQ triple-barking mouth to stop; Or in the ivory gate of dreams Project excise and South-sea schemes ;... | |
 | Matthew Prior - 1853 - 220 pages
...god on earth turns devil in hell: And, lo ! his ministers of state, Transform' d to imps, his levee wait ; Where, in the scenes of endless woe, They ply...the judge's vote. To Cerberus they give a sop, His triple barking mouth to stop ; Or, in the iv'ry gate of dreams, Project excise and South-Sea schemes;... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1853 - 838 pages
...AnJ lo! his ministers of state, Transform'd to imps, his levee wait ; Where, in the scenes of endlese woe, They ply their former arts below ; And, as they...the judge's vote; To Cerberus they give a sop, His triple-barking mouth to stop : Or in the ivory pate of dreams Project excise and South-sea schemes... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Mitford - 1853 - 378 pages
...god on earth turns devil in hell : And lo ! his ministers of state, Transform'd to imps, his levee wait ; Where in the scenes of endless woe, They ply their former arts below ; And as they sail hi Charon's boat, Contrive to bribe the judge's vote ; To Cerberus they give a sop, His triple barking... | |
 | George Gilfillan - English poetry - 1860 - 362 pages
...This god on earth turns devil in hell; And lo! his ministers of state, Transformed to imps, his levee wait, Where, in the scenes of endless woe, They ply...the judge's vote; To Cerberus they give a sop, His triple-barking mouth to stop; Or in the ivory gate of dreams Project Excise and South-Sea schemes,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1860 - 1090 pages
...This god on earth turns devil in hell : And lol his ministers of state, Transform'd to imps, his levee wait ; Where in the scenes of endless woe They ply their former arts below ; . And ns they sail in Charon's boat, Contrive to bribe the judge's vote; •,• • To Cerberus they give... | |
 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 pages
...is quoted as a proverb in the twelfth centary . RILEY'S Diet, of Classical Quotations, 508. VOTE.— And as they sail in Charon's boat, Contrive to bribe...the judge's vote : To Cerberus they give a sop, His triple barking mouth to stop. SWIFT. — On Poetry. VULGAR. — Above the vulgar flight of common soul*.... | |
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As soon as you can hear his knell, This god on earth turns devil in hell : And lo ! his ministers of state... 
