"Grown old in villainy, and dead to grace, / Hell in his heart, and TYBURNE in his face; / Behold, a Parson at thy Elbow stands, / Low'ring damnation, and with open hands / Ripe to betray his Saviour for reward; / The Atheist Chaplain of an Atheist Lord."
— Churchill, Charles (1731-1764)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for W. Flexney
Date
1763
Metaphor
"Grown old in villainy, and dead to grace, / Hell in his heart, and TYBURNE in his face; / Behold, a Parson at thy Elbow stands, / Low'ring damnation, and with open hands / Ripe to betray his Saviour for reward; / The Atheist Chaplain of an Atheist Lord."
Metaphor in Context
Dost Thou contrive some blacker deed of shame,
Something which Nature shudders but to name,
Something which makes the Soul of man retreat,
And the life-blood run backward to her seat?
Dost Thou contrive, for some base private end,
Some selfish view, to hang a trusting friend,
To lure him on, e'en to his parting breath,
And promise life, to work him surer death?
Grown old in villainy, and dead to grace,
Hell in his heart, and TYBURNE in his face;
Behold, a Parson at thy Elbow stands,
Low'ring damnation, and with open hands
Ripe to betray his Saviour for reward;
The Atheist Chaplain of an Atheist Lord.
(p. 16)
Something which Nature shudders but to name,
Something which makes the Soul of man retreat,
And the life-blood run backward to her seat?
Dost Thou contrive, for some base private end,
Some selfish view, to hang a trusting friend,
To lure him on, e'en to his parting breath,
And promise life, to work him surer death?
Grown old in villainy, and dead to grace,
Hell in his heart, and TYBURNE in his face;
Behold, a Parson at thy Elbow stands,
Low'ring damnation, and with open hands
Ripe to betray his Saviour for reward;
The Atheist Chaplain of an Atheist Lord.
(p. 16)
Categories
Provenance
Reading; text from Google Books
Citation
Charles Churchill, The Author (London: Printed for W. Flexney, 1763). <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
09/06/2011
