English Poetry. John Bunyan. Upon Fire. Джон Баньян.

John Bunyan (Джон Баньян)

Upon Fire

Who falls into the fire shall burn with heat;
While those remote scorn from it to retreat.
Yea, while those in it, cry out, O! I burn,
Some farther off those cries to laughter turn.

Comparison.

While some tormented are in hell for sin;
On earth some greatly do delight therein.
Yea, while some make it echo with their cry,
Others count it a fable and a lie.

John Bunyan’s other poems:

1. Upon the Thief
2. Of the Boy and the Butterfly
3. Upon a Snail
4. To the Reader
5. From Mount Gerizzim

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