"Foredoom" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... yet would not soon perceive, My husband stealing from my view to grieve: Silent he grew, and when he spoke he sigh'd, And surly look'd, and peevishly replied: Pensive by nature, he had gone of late To those who preach'd of destiny and fate, Of things foredoom'd, and of election-grace, And how in vain we strive to run our race; That all by works and moral worth we gain Is to perceive our care and labour vain; That still the more we pay, our debts the more remain; That he who feels ...
— The Borough • George Crabbe
... foredoom'd his father's soul to cross, Who pens a stanza when he should engross.' —POPE'S Epistle to ...
— Robert Louis Stevenson • Margaret Moyes Black |
