In French books I have seen more than once,—

"Ne me prend pas;

On te pendra."

An on the fly-leaf of a Bible,—

"Could we with ink the ocean fill,

Were ev'ry stalk on earth a quill,

And were the skies of parchment made,

And ev'ry man a scribe by trade,

To tell the love of God alone

Would drain the ocean dry.