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But for that contention and brave strife The Christian hath to enjoy, the future life, He were the wretchedest of the race of men; But as he soars at that, he bruiseth then The serpent’s head; gets above death and sin, And, sure of Heaven, rides triumphing in.
But for that contention and brave strife The Christian hath to enjoy, the future life, He were the wretchedest of the race of men; But as he soars at that, he bruiseth then The serpent’s head; gets above death and sin, And, sure of Heaven, rides triumphing in.
Approximate author period: c. 1605 AD · renaissance
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- Ben Jonson
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- Approximate author period: c. 1605 AD · renaissance
author lifetime midpoint (1573–1637)
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 121 · printed citation: Ben Jonson · subject: CHRISTIANITY
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