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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, and throws his cumbrous cloak away.
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, and throws his cumbrous cloak away.
Approximate author period: c. 1666 AD · renaissance
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- John Dryden
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- Approximate author period: c. 1666 AD · renaissance
author lifetime midpoint (1631–1701)
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 541 · printed citation: Dryden · subject: SIN
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