Visits. Grocott's Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?

Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Visits


Like those of angels, short and far between. Blair.—The Grave.	1
Like angel-visits, few and far between. Campbell.—Pleasures of Hope, Part II.	2
Like angels’ visits, short and bright. John Norris.—Born 1657, died 1711; Author of Poems, Essays, Letters, and Discourses, &c.; and the thought appears again in his Elegy on his Niece, where we read— Angels, as ’tis but seldom they appear, So neither do they make long stay; They do but visit, and away. See “The Christian Poet,” 1828, by James Montgomery.	3
So few and rare between. Hesiod.—On Works, Div. II. Line 398. (Valpy’s Ed. translated by Elton.)	4