The martyr of Antioch. BelshazzarJ. Murry, 1840 |
Términos y frases comunes
ABIRAM ADONIJAH Amariah Antioch ARIOCH arms art thou Babylon beauteous behold BELSHAZZAR beneath BENINA bless blood bosom breath bridal bride bright brow CALLIAS Chaldea's CHARINUS child Christian clouds cold dark death desolate DIODOTUS doth earth eternal Euphrates eyes FABIUS father feet fierce fire flames fond gaze glory Gods hand Hark hast hath hear heart heaven HIGH-PRIEST holy IMLAH Israel JAVAN Jerusalem Josephus Jotapata KALASSAN King know'st light limbs lips look'd Lord MACER maid maidens MARGARITA Martyr of Antioch Mede mercy MIRIAM Nabonassar NAOMI night NITOCRIS o'er OLYBIUS palace pale pass'd Prefect pride PRIEST Prophets proud robes Roman round SABARIS SALONE scorn silent SIMON slaves sleep soft song soul sound speak stand stars streets sweet sword tears Temple thee thine thou art Thou'rt throne TITUS tread trembling vengeance voice VOPISCUS walls weary weep wilt winds wrath
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Página 143 - BROTHER, thou art gone before us, And thy saintly soul is flown Where tears are wiped from every eye, And sorrow is unknown ; From the burden of the flesh, And from care and fear released, Where the wicked cease from troubling, And the weary are at rest.
Página 24 - Nor stoop'd their lamps th' enthroned fires on high : A single silent star came wandering from afar, Gliding uncheck'd and calm along the liquid sky ; The eastern sages leading on As at a kingly throne, To lay their gold and odours sweet Before thy infant feet. The earth and ocean were not hush'd to hear Bright harmony from every starry sphere ; Nor at thy presence brake the voice of song From all the cherub choirs; and seraph's burning lyres Pour'd thro' the host of heaven the charmed clouds along.
Página 25 - Plaguing the guilty city's murderous crew ; But Thou didst haste to meet Thy mother's coming feet, And bear the words of peace unto the faithful few. Then calmly, slowly didst Thou rise Into Thy native skies, Thy human form dissolved on high In its own radiancy.
Página 23 - Was Thy tempestuous road, Nor indignation burnt before Thee on Thy way; But Thee, a soft and naked child, Thy mother undefiled, In the rude manger laid to rest From off her virgin breast. The heavens were not commanded to prepare A gorgeous canopy of golden air, Nor stoop'd their lamps th...
Página 271 - Cannel's side our maidens cull the flowers, To deck, at blushing eve, their bridal bowers, And angel feet the glittering Sion tread. Thy vengeance gave us to the stranger's hand, And Abraham's children were led forth for slaves ; With fetter' d steps we left our pleasant land, Envying our fathers in their peaceful graves.
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Página 76 - That the favour'd youth admits, Where the veiled virgin sits In the bliss of maiden fear, Waiting our soft tread to hear, And the music's brisker din, At the bridegroom's entering in : Entering in a welcome guest To the chamber of his rest.