Kalki : or The Future of Civilization (1929)
“God heard the embattled nations sing and shout
"Gott strafe England" and "God save the King!"
God this, God that, and God the other thing –
"Good God!" said God, "I've got my work cut out!"”
On the outbreak of the First World War, from Epigrams (1916).
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British poet, writer, historian, and literary editor 1884–1958Related quotes
“God save our gracious king!
Long live our noble king!
God save the king!”
"God Save the King" (1730).
Statement in Antwerp, as quoted in William the Silent (1897) by Frederic Harrison, p. 34
“If God is God, he is not good. If God is good, he is not God.”
Dialogue from MacLeish's play J.B. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.B._(play), an adaptation of the Bible's Book of Job, also quoted in The God Problem: How a Godless Cosmos Creates (2012) by Howard Bloom
“O God, if there be a God, save my soul, if I have a soul.”
Quoting for posterity the remarks of an unnamed soldier at the Battle of Blenheim (13 August 1704), as reported by William King in Political and Literary Anecdotes of His Own Times http://books.google.com/books?id=ShklAAAAMAAJ&q=%22O+God+if+there+be+a+God+save+my+soul+if+I+have+a+soul%22&pg=PA8#v=onepage (1818)
“God save us always," I said, "from the innocent and the good.”
Pt. I, ch. 1, pg 15
Source: The Quiet American (1955)