 | George Walter Thornbury - 1879 - 442 pages
...hold, repeating the following wellmeaning but doggrel verses : — " All you that in the condemn' d hold do lie, Prepare you, for to-morrow you shall...and pray, the hour is drawing near, That you before th' Almighty must appear. Examine well yourselves, in time repent, That you may not t" eternal flames... | |
 | George Walter Thornbury - 1881 - 606 pages
...execution of a criminal, ring his bell, and repeat the following wholesome advice : — ' ' ' Л11 you that in the condemned hold do lie, Prepare you,...yourselves, in time repent, That you may not to eternal ñames be sent. And when St. Sepulchre's bell to-morrow tolls, The Lord above have mercy on your souls.... | |
 | 1881 - 426 pages
...to the window of the condemned cell, rang his bell, and delivered this address : — All yoi ini:i in the condemned hold do lie. Prepare, you, for to-morrow you shall die; Watch, ah, and pray; the hour is drawing near That you before the Almighty 8hall appear. Examine well yourselves,... | |
 | 1896 - 832 pages
...form and manner of a passing bell." In later years the vocalist procured himself this rigmarole : — Prepare you, for to-morrow you shall die. Watch all and pray, the hour is drawing near . . . And when St. 'Pulchre's bell to-morrow tolls, The Lord have mercy on your souls ! This iron nightingale... | |
 | Sir Walter Besant - 1891 - 482 pages
...cell could hear the words in the dead stillness of the night: " All you that in the condemned hole do lie, Prepare you, for to-morrow you shall die....hour is drawing near That you before the Almighty shall appear. Examine well yourselves, in time repent, Lest you may to eternal flames be sent. And... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1894 - 388 pages
...lie, Prepare you, for to-morrow you shall die ; Watch all and pray, the hour is drawing near That yon before the Almighty must appear ; Examine well yourselves,...in time repent, That you may not to eternal flames be sent; And when St. Sepulchre's bell to-morrow tolls, The Lord above have mercy on your souls. Past... | |
 | 1894 - 680 pages
...the night preceding an execution, and ringing his bell, repeat the following wholesome advice : ' ' All you that in the condemned hold do lie, Prepare...in time repent, That you may not to eternal flames be sent ; And when St. Sepulchre's bell to-morrow tolls, The Lord above have mercy on your souls !... | |
 | 1896 - 910 pages
...condemned cell at Newgate, to ring his bell, and to repeat these verses: — All you that in the condemn'*} hold do lie Prepare you, for to-morrow you shall die....is drawing near, That you before the Almighty must ap-> pear. Examine well yourselves, in time repent, That you may not to eternal flames be sent. And... | |
 | 1897 - 1030 pages
...that are within For your wickedness and sin, Watch all and pray ; the hour is drawing near, That ye before the Almighty must appear. Examine well yourselves,...in time repent, That you may not to eternal flames be sent. And when St. Sepulchre's bell to-morrow tolls, The Lord above have mercy on your souls. Doubtless... | |
 | Joseph Hatton - 1899 - 330 pages
...you must die.' " " The bellman's chant," said Applebee, pulling off his cap and bending his head. " ' Watch all and pray, the hour is drawing near, That...in time repent, That you may not to eternal flames be sent , And when St. Pulchre's bell to-morrow tolls, The Lord have mercy on your souls.' " And then... | |
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All you that in the condemned hold do lie, Prepare you, for to-morrow you shall die; Watch all, and pray, the hour is drawing near, That you before the Almighty must appear; Examine well yourselves, in time repent, That you may not to eternal flames be... 
