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... King , And put to proof his high supremacy , Whether upheld by strength , or chance , or fate ; Too well I see and rue the dire event , That with sad overthrow and foul defeat 135 Hath lost us heav'n , and all this mighty host In ...
... King , And put to proof his high supremacy , Whether upheld by strength , or chance , or fate ; Too well I see and rue the dire event , That with sad overthrow and foul defeat 135 Hath lost us heav'n , and all this mighty host In ...
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... king , besmear'd with blood Of human sacrifice , and parents ' tears , Though for the noise of drums and timbrels loud Their children's cries unheard , that pass'd thro ' fire To his grim idol . Him the Ammonite 396 Worshipp'd in Rabba ...
... king , besmear'd with blood Of human sacrifice , and parents ' tears , Though for the noise of drums and timbrels loud Their children's cries unheard , that pass'd thro ' fire To his grim idol . Him the Ammonite 396 Worshipp'd in Rabba ...
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... king , whose heart , though large , Beguiled by fair idolatresses , fell 445 To idols foul . Thammuz came next behind , Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties all a summer's day ...
... king , whose heart , though large , Beguiled by fair idolatresses , fell 445 To idols foul . Thammuz came next behind , Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties all a summer's day ...
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... king ; Ahaz his sottish conqu'ror , whom he drew God's altar to disparage and displace For one of Syrian mode , whereon to burn 465 470 His odious offerings , and adore the gods 475 Whom he had vanquish'd . After these appear'd A crew ...
... king ; Ahaz his sottish conqu'ror , whom he drew God's altar to disparage and displace For one of Syrian mode , whereon to burn 465 470 His odious offerings , and adore the gods 475 Whom he had vanquish'd . After these appear'd A crew ...
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... kings , Learn how their greatest monuments of fame And strength , and art , are easily outdone By Spirits reprobate , and in an hour What in an age they with incessant toil And hands innumerable scarce perform . Nigh on the plain in ...
... kings , Learn how their greatest monuments of fame And strength , and art , are easily outdone By Spirits reprobate , and in an hour What in an age they with incessant toil And hands innumerable scarce perform . Nigh on the plain in ...
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