do not shirk The toilsome task, nor respite ask, But gird you for the work.

The Marshal having read the warrant for their execution, and stated that de Soto was respited sixty and Ruiz thirty days, the ropes were adjusted round the necks of the prisoners, and a slight hectic flush spread over the countenance of each; but not an eye quailed, nor a limb trembled, not a muscle quivered.

Then the doctor had grasped the opportunity, that momentary respite the flare afforded, and was out of the brickmaker's sight below battering the door with the butt of his whip....

MEPHISTOPHELES Thereto thou lengthen'd respite hast!

When at last Finn cried, "Come forth, thou dog of evil deeds, Nor respite seek!" ...