"When iron scourge, and tort'ring hour The bad affright, afflict the best."
— Repentance

January 1, 1970

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Original Language: English

Sources

Thomas Gray, Ode to Adversity. Same phrase "the torturing hour" in Campbell—Pleasures of Hope, Part I. Midsummer Night's Dream, Act V, scene 1.