The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 - Classical poetry |
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Page 187
... Moab went : But as he went , his fatal tongue to sell , His ass taught him to speak , God to speak well . ยป " How comely are thy tents , O Israel ! " ( Thus he began ) " what conquests they foretel ! " Less fair are orchards in their ...
... Moab went : But as he went , his fatal tongue to sell , His ass taught him to speak , God to speak well . ยป " How comely are thy tents , O Israel ! " ( Thus he began ) " what conquests they foretel ! " Less fair are orchards in their ...
Page 209
... Moab's blood . Jehoram next , and Ochoziah , throng For Judah's sceptre ; both short - lived too long . A Woman too from murder title claims ; Both with her sins and sex the crown she shames : Proud , cursed woman ! but her fall , at ...
... Moab's blood . Jehoram next , and Ochoziah , throng For Judah's sceptre ; both short - lived too long . A Woman too from murder title claims ; Both with her sins and sex the crown she shames : Proud , cursed woman ! but her fall , at ...
Page 219
... Moab , whither David flies ; his entertainment at Moab's court : a digression of the history of Lot , father of the Moabites , represented in picture - Melchor's song at the feast - Moab desires Joab to relate the story of David ; which ...
... Moab , whither David flies ; his entertainment at Moab's court : a digression of the history of Lot , father of the Moabites , represented in picture - Melchor's song at the feast - Moab desires Joab to relate the story of David ; which ...
Page 224
... Moab next Judah , an old kingdom lies ; Jordan their touch , and his cursed sea denies : They see North - stars from o'er Amoreus ' ground , Edom and Petra their South part does bound : Eastwards the lands of Cush and Ammon lie , The ...
... Moab next Judah , an old kingdom lies ; Jordan their touch , and his cursed sea denies : They see North - stars from o'er Amoreus ' ground , Edom and Petra their South part does bound : Eastwards the lands of Cush and Ammon lie , The ...
Page 225
... Moab's king A safe and fair abode , where they might live Free from those storms with which himself must strive . The king with cheerful grace his suit approved , By hate to Saul , and love to Virtue , moved . " Welcome , great Knight ...
... Moab's king A safe and fair abode , where they might live Free from those storms with which himself must strive . The king with cheerful grace his suit approved , By hate to Saul , and love to Virtue , moved . " Welcome , great Knight ...
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