 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning ! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations ! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will...  Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres - Page 238by Hugh Blair - 1802Full view - About this book
 | Samuel White - 1709 - 550 pages
...Attendants, Worms that prey'd on him.1 Ver. 12. How art thou fallen from heaven^ O • Lucifer ^ fan . of the morning ? how art thou cut down to the ground^ which d,'djl weakfn the nations .'] Here the Prophet takes a lofty Flight, comparing: Baltafar to the Morning-Star,... | |
 | Jonathan Richardson - 1734 - 756 pages
...he took from Ifa. xiv. 12, 13, 14. How art 'Thou fall' n from Heaven O Lucifer Son of the Morning ! for thou haft faid in thine Heart I will Afcend into Heaven, I will Exalt my 'Throne above the Stars of God, I will fit alfo upon the Mount of the Congregation on the Sides of the North.... | |
 | Edward Harley - 1735 - 798 pages
...is fpread under thee, and the Worms cover thee. 12 How art thou fallen from Heaven, O Lucifer^ Son of the Morning ! How art thou cut down to the Ground, which didft weaken the Nations ? I j For thou haft faid in thy Heart, I will afcend into Heaven ; I will exalt my Throne above the... | |
 | Samuel Clarke - 1744 - 470 pages
...Prophet Ifaiah, ch. xiv. ver. 1 2 ; How art thou fallen from Heaven, O Lucifer, Son of the Morning ? For thou haft faid in thine heart, I will afcend into Heaven, I wilt exalt my Throne above the Stars of God, I will fit alfo upon the mount of the Congregation, in... | |
 | William Mason - 1756 - 48 pages
...isfpread under thee, and the 'worms cover thee. 12. How art thou fallen from heaven, 0 Lucifer, fon of the morning / how art thou cut down to the ground, which didft weaken the nations! 13. For thou haft faid in thine hearty I will afcend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the... | |
 | Homer - 1760 - 314 pages
...that he had even read what Ifaiah writes, chap. xiv. How art thou fallen from heaven, 0 Lucifer, fan of the morning, how art thou cut down to the ground which did/1 weaken the nations ? But our poet could not have feen the prophecy of Ifaiah, becaufe he lived... | |
 | Thomas Gibbons - 1767 - 540 pages
...the whole ode is conftrufted : Ver, 12. " How art ss thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, fon of is the morning ? How art thou cut down to the « ground, which didft weaken the nations ?" The ode next introduces the Babylomjh Monarch as giving the unbounded reins to his ambition in the... | |
 | Robert MacCulloch - 1794 - 738 pages
...was the fudden fall of this mighty prince, which is here mentioned with admiration and aflonimment. How art thou cut down to the ground, which didft •weaken the nations ! To give new force and beauty to the defcription, he who, in the former expreffion^ is faid to have... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1795 - 614 pages
...again, Thy palace rifled, and thy children flain.' " How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, fon of the morning, how art thou cut down to the ground, which didft weaken the paiipns." It Teems difficult to afiign a rcafon for Mr. A.'s calling Lucifer the faired ftar in tiie... | |
 | 1795 - 432 pages
...worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. . How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, Son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations ! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt... | |
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