Jones's Cabinet Edition of British Poets, Volume 3Jones & Company, 1829 |
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... SCENE - On the Banks of the Nile . The Subject is taken from the Second Chapter of the Book of Exodus . Oh ! let the tyrant know , And feel what he inflicts ! Yes , hear me , Heaven ! Send thy right aiming thunderbolts - But hush , My ...
... SCENE - On the Banks of the Nile . The Subject is taken from the Second Chapter of the Book of Exodus . Oh ! let the tyrant know , And feel what he inflicts ! Yes , hear me , Heaven ! Send thy right aiming thunderbolts - But hush , My ...
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... Scene lies in the Camp in the Valley of Elah , and the adjacent Plain . The Subject is taken from the Seventeenth Chapter of the First Book of Samuel . ; O mighty king ! Sweet is the breath of. ATHALIE . SAUL , King of Israel . ABNER ...
... Scene lies in the Camp in the Valley of Elah , and the adjacent Plain . The Subject is taken from the Seventeenth Chapter of the First Book of Samuel . ; O mighty king ! Sweet is the breath of. ATHALIE . SAUL , King of Israel . ABNER ...
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... scene is ever present , when the Seer , Illustrious Samuel , to the humble shades Of Bethlehem came , pretending sacrifice , To screen his errand from the jealous king . He sanctified us first , me and my sons ; For sanctity increased ...
... scene is ever present , when the Seer , Illustrious Samuel , to the humble shades Of Bethlehem came , pretending sacrifice , To screen his errand from the jealous king . He sanctified us first , me and my sons ; For sanctity increased ...
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... SCENE - SAUL'S Tent . SAUL . WHY was I made a king ? what I have gain'd In envied greatness and uneasy power , I've lost in peace of mind , in virtue lost ! Why did deceitful transports fire my soul , When Samuel plac'd upon my youthful ...
... SCENE - SAUL'S Tent . SAUL . WHY was I made a king ? what I have gain'd In envied greatness and uneasy power , I've lost in peace of mind , in virtue lost ! Why did deceitful transports fire my soul , When Samuel plac'd upon my youthful ...
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... SCENE - Another part of the Camp . DAVID ( kneeling . ) ETERNAL Justice ! in whose awful scale The event of battle hangs ! Eternal Truth ' Whose beam illumines all ! Eternal Mercy ! If by thy attributes I may , unblamed , Address thee ...
... SCENE - Another part of the Camp . DAVID ( kneeling . ) ETERNAL Justice ! in whose awful scale The event of battle hangs ! Eternal Truth ' Whose beam illumines all ! Eternal Mercy ! If by thy attributes I may , unblamed , Address thee ...
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