The accusing spirit, which flew up to heaven’s chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in; and the recording angel as he wrote it down dropped a tear upon the word and blotted it out forever.1
Note 1. But sad as angels for the good man’s sin, Weep to record, and blush to give it in. Thomas Campbell: Pleasures of Hope, part ii. line 357. [back]
