Quote#Nature
O the dangerous siege
Quote byGeorge Chapman · 1559–1634
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Bussy D'Ambois (1607), , Act III, scene i.
English (original)
O the dangerous siege Sin lays about us! And the tyranny He exercises when he hath expung’d, Like to the horror of a winter’s thunder, Mix’d with a gushing storm; that suffers nothing To stir abroad on earth, but their own rages, Is sin, when it hath gather’d head above us: No roof, no shelter can secure us so, But he will drown our cheeks in fear or woe.
— George Chapman
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