Grace (English)
How much, preventing God, how much I owe
To the defences thou hast round me set;
Example, custom, fear, occasion slow,-
These scorned bondmen were my parapet.
I dare not peep over this parapet
To gauge with glance the roaring gulf below,
The depths of sin to which I had descended,
Had not these me against myself defended. Uploaded by | P. T. |
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Kegyelem (Hungarian)
Gondos Isten! köszönnöm mily nehéz,
Hogy körém raktál bölcs támfalakat:
Példa, szokás, gátlás, késlekedés,
Mint korlát, e páriák tartanak.
Rettegnék látni, e korlát alatt
Mit vesz ki a szem, míg örvénybe néz,
Vagy a bűnbe, hová egykor leestem,
Ha ők nem óvnának önmagam ellen.
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Source of the quotation | B. L. |
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