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"My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it."
John Bunyan (1628-1688), British Baptist preacher, author. Mr. Valiant-for-Truth, in The Pilgrim's Progress, pt. 2 (1684).
Making his farewell. |
"One leak will sink a ship: and one sin will destroy a sinner."
John Bunyan (1628-1688), British Baptist preacher, author. the Interpreter, in The Pilgrim's Progress, pt. 2 (1684). |
"The name of the slough was Despond."
John Bunyan (1628-1688), British Baptist preacher, author. The Pilgrim's Progress, pt. 1 (1678).
Referring to the "miry slough" in which Christian and Pliable waded. |
"Who would true Valour see,
Let him come hither;"
John Bunyan (1628-1688), British poet. The Pilgrim's Progress (l. 1-2). . .
New Oxford Book of Christian Verse, The. Donald Davie, ed. (1981) Oxford University Press. |
"He that is down needs fear no fall,"
John Bunyan (1628-1688), British poet. The Pilgrim's Progress (l. 1). . .
New Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250-1950. Helen Gardner, ed. (1972) Oxford University Press. |
"He'll fear not what men say,
He'll labour night and day
To be a Pilgrim."
John Bunyan (1628-1688), British poet. The Pilgrim's Progress (l. 22-24). . .
New Oxford Book of Christian Verse, The. Donald Davie, ed. (1981) Oxford University Press. |
"Some said, John, print it; others said, Not so:
Some said, It might do good; others said, No."
John Bunyan (1628-1688), British Baptist preacher, author. The Pilgrim's Progress, pt. 1, "Author's Apology," (1678). |
"Fullness to such a burden is
That go on pilgrimage;
Here little, and hereafter bliss,
Is best from age to age."
John Bunyan (1628-1688), British poet. The Pilgrim's Progress (l. 9-12). . .
New Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250-1950. Helen Gardner, ed. (1972) Oxford University Press. |
"There's no Discouragement,
Shall make him once relent,
His first avow'd intent,
To be a Pilgrim."
John Bunyan (1628-1688), British poet. The Pilgrim's Progress (l. 5-8). . .
New Oxford Book of Christian Verse, The. Donald Davie, ed. (1981) Oxford University Press. |
"Hobgoblin nor foul Fiend
Can daunt his spirit;
He knows he at the end
Shall Life inherit."
John Bunyan (1628-1688), British poet. The Pilgrim's Progress (l. 17-20). . .
New Oxford Book of Christian Verse, The. Donald Davie, ed. (1981) Oxford University Press. |
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