 SAINT Peter sat by the celestial gate, His keys were rusty, and the lock was dull, So little trouble had been given of late ; Not that the place by any means was full, But since the Gallic era " eighty-eight," The devils had ta'en a longer, stronger pull,...  The Liberal: Verse and Prose from the South - Page 31822Full view - About this book
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - Wit and humor - 1884 - 472 pages
...; but certainly these teachers of " great moral lessons" are apt to be found in strange company. I. SAINT PETER sat by the celestial gate : His keys were...devils had ta'en a longer, stronger pull, And " a pull all together," as they say At sea — which drew most souls another way. The angels all were singing... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1885 - 252 pages
...satire has, in the opinion of most competent critics, been only equalled, and never excelled, by Pope. THE VISION OF JUDGMENT. SAINT PETER sat by the celestial...was full, But since the Gallic era ''eighty-eight" And " a pull together," as they say The devils had ta'en a longer, stronger pull, At sea—which drew... | |
 | Great Britain. State Trials Committee - Trials - 1889 - 590 pages
...gentleman next proceeded to animadvert on the poem. The poem opened with the following passage : — " Saint Peter sat by the Celestial gate, His keys were...So little trouble had been given of late ; Not that tho place by any means was full, But, since the Gallic era, ' eighty-eight,' The devils had ta'en a... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1891 - 752 pages
...it ; but certainly these teachers of 'great moral lessons,' are apt to be found in strange company. xeunt, ACT IV. SCENE I. — Pjlazso of ¡he Patrician...to rest, right weaiy of this revel. The gayest we all together,' as they say At sea— which drew most souls another way. II. The angels all were singing... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford - Wit and humor - 1894 - 460 pages
...great moral lessons " are apt to be found in strange company. SAINT PETER sat by the celestial gute : His keys were rusty, and the lock was dull, So little trouble had been given of 1nte : Not that the place by any means was full, But since the Gallic era "eighty-eight," The devils... | |
 | William George Thorpe - Law - 1895 - 412 pages
...out this position. But it is with an Englishman we have now to deal, and he was wont to tell how "St. Peter sat by the Celestial Gate; His keys were rusty, and the lock was dull, For there'd not been much business of late," when the chief of the other division strolled across to... | |
 | John Elderkin, Chester Sanders Lord, Horatio Nelson Fraser, Charles Wilson Price, Lotos Club (New York, N.Y.) - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1901 - 506 pages
...•.'•.•*-. • course it is a difficult thing to say which direction we may take. Byron says: " Saint Peter sat by the celestial gate : His keys were...devils had ta'en a longer, stronger pull, And ' a pull all together,' as they say At sea — which drew most souls another way." So it is hard to tell which... | |
 | John Elderkin, Chester Sanders Lord, Horatio Nelson Fraser, Charles Wilson Price, Lotos Club (New York, N.Y.) - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1901 - 516 pages
...Of Joseph Jqfferson course it is a difficult thing to say which direction we may take. Byron says: " Saint Peter sat by the celestial gate : His keys were...devils had ta'en a longer, stronger pull, And ' a pull all together,' as they say At sea— which drew most souls another way." So it is hard to tell which... | |
 | Nineteenth century - 1901 - 1158 pages
...celestial gate; The keys were rusty, and the lock leas dull, So lit th trouble had been given of late. JVbt that the place by any means was full, But since the...Eighty-eight The devils had ta'en a longer, stronger ya.ll, And a pull all together, as they say At *ea, which drew most souls the other way. The migel*... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Edmund Gosse - English literature - 1903 - 692 pages
...He'll stay for ever, But sadly shiver Without his plumage, when past the spring. FROM "THE VISION OK JUDGMENT." Saint Peter sat by the celestial gate :...devils had ta'en a longer, stronger pull, And " a pull all together," as they say At sea — which drew most souls another way. The angels all were singing... | |
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