...thing is certain, as Milton has beautifully said in his Christmas Hymn — " The oracles are dumb ; No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof...leaving, No nightly trance or breathed spell Inspires the pale-€yed priests from the prophetic cell." The heathen oracle is 110 more, the witchcraft of past...

...Bethlehem throughout the spiritual universe : " The oracles are dumb ; No voice or hideous hum Buns through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo...Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell. The lonely mountains o'er, And the resounding shore A voice of weeping heard and loud lament From haunted...

...mysterious inspiration. " The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof, with words deceiving ; Apollo from his shrine Can no more...Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell." * Jugglery and priestcraft may have had full play in the cave of Trophonius, but not so in ancient...

...cry heard from the manger at Bethlehem throughout the spiritual universe : " The oracles are dumb ; No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof...Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Dclphos leaving. No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic...

...And wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof...Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell." The powers of darkness that deceived the world were scattered before the rising of the Sun of righteousness,...

...thing is certain, as Milton has beautifully said in his Christmas Hymn— " The oracles are dumb 5 No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof...nightly trance or breathed spell Inspires the pale-eyed priests from the prophetic cell," The heathen oracle is no more, the witchcraft of past days is no...

...echoes still prolongs each heavenly close. The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum XIX. Buns through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo...Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell. The lonely mountains o'er And the resounding shore, xx. A voice of weeping heard and loud lament; From...

...execrations so sublime : — " The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arch'd roof in words, deceiving Apollo from his shrine, Can...Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell. He feels from Judah's land The dreadful Infant's hand : The rays of Bethlehem blind his dusky eyne....

...execrations so sublime : — " The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arch'd roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his shrine, Can...Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell. He feels from Judah's land The dreadful Infant's hand: The rays of Bethlehem blind his dusky eyne....

...Marathon and Salamis! of wisdom, eloquence and song— " All silenced now! — " The oracles are dumb : " No voice or hideous hum " Runs through the arched..." With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving. " What fates were here, since Japheth's son set foot upon her noil — " Javan to Otho ! " Marathon...