...Rich Dives sicken'd and died, There came two serpents out of hell, His soul therein to guide. Rlse up, rise up, brother Dives, And come along with me,...place provided in hell, To sit upon a serpent's knee. However whimsical this may appear to the reader, he can scarcely conceive its ludicrous effect, when...

...called Dives and Lazarus, I annex an amusing extract. As it fell out, upon a day, Bich Dives sicken'd and died, There came two serpents out of hell, His soul therein to guide. Eise up, rise up, brother Dives, And come along with me, For you've a place provided in hell, To sit...

...Dives and Lazarus,"there is this amusing account: " As it fell it out, upon a day, Rich Dives sicken'd and died, There came two serpents out of hell, His soul therein to guide. " Rise up, nse up, brother Dives, And come along with me, For you've a place provided in hell, To sit upon a terpeni'...

...carol, entitled Dives and Lazarus, wherein two serpents come to bear off the rich man's soul, singing ' Rise up, rise up, brother Dives, And come along with...place provided in hell, To sit upon a serpent's knee. But there was no serpent's knee for Doctor Faustus. When conjured from his dread abode, he appears...

...heavenly guides are we ; Thy place it is provided in heaven. To sit on an angel's knee." As it fell out upon a day, Rich Dives sickened and died ; There came...therein to guide. " Rise up, rise up, brother Dives, Thine evil guides are we ; Thy place it is provided in hell, To sit on a serpent's knee ! " One has...

...subjoined extract is from a carol, called Dives an " As it fell out, upon a day, Rich Dives sieken'd and died, There came two serpents out of hell His...For you've a place provided in hell, To sit upon a terpent's knee." Timperley remarks that " the idea of sitting on the knee was perhaps conveyed to the...

...came two serpents out of hell, Mis soul.thcrcin to guide. Rise up, rise up, brother Dives, And coinc along with me, For you've a place provided in hell, To sit upon a serpent's knee.* On the continent the custom of carolling at Christmas is almost universal. During the last days of...

...heavenly guides are we; Thy place it is provided in heaven, To sit on an angel's knee." As it fell out upon a day, Rich Dives sickened and died ; There came...soul therein to guide. " Rise up, rise up, brother Dires, Thine evil guides are we ; Thy place it is provided in hell, To sit on a serpent's knee ! "...

...heavenly guides are we ; Thy place it a provided in heaven, To sit on an angel's knee." As it fell out upon a day, Rich Dives sickened and died . There came two serpents out of hell Hu soul therein to guide. " Rise up, rise up, brother Dives, Thine evil guides are we ; Thy place it...

...psalms to hornpipes." * They have retained such of the carols as will most provoke mockery : — " Rise up, rise up, brother Dives, And come along with me, For you 've a place provided in hell, Upon a sarpant's knee." And then the crowd laugh, and give their...