Notes and Queries, Number 65, January 25, 1851 by Various
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him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. 46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. ECHO. * * * * * ANSWER TO COWLEY. On the fly-leaf of a copy of Cowley's Works (London, 1668), I find the following lines:-- AN ANSWER TO DRINKING (PAGE 32.). "The thirsty earth, when one would think Her dusty throat required more drink, Wets but her lips, and parts the showers Among her thousand plants and flowers: Those take their small and stinted size, Not drunkard-like, to fall, but rise. The sober sea observes her tide Even by the drunken sailor's side; The roaring rivers pressing high Seek to get in her company; |
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