W. Garrett Horder, comp. The Poets’ Bible: New Testament. 1895.
St. Paul at Melita
John Henry Newman (18011890)“And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat.”
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The water peril o’er,
The many-gifted man at length
Stepp’d on the promised shore.
Nor wait till Angels came;
Lo, humblest pains the Saint attest,
The firebrands and the flame.
Then instant aid was given;
Christian! hence learn to do thy part
And leave the rest to heaven.