GOLIAH’S Defeat. In the Manner of Lucan. (Mather Byles Poems)
When the proud Philistines for War declar'd,And Israel's Sons for Battle had prepar'd,Before the Heathen Camp a Monster stalk'd,And awful ...
When the proud Philistines for War declar'd,And Israel's Sons for Battle had prepar'd,Before the Heathen Camp a Monster stalk'd,And awful ...
WHAT shall we mourn? For the prostrate tree that sheltered the young green wood?For the fallen cliff that fronted the ...
The sun has gone down, spreading wide onThe sky-line one ray of red fire ;Prepare the soft cushions ...
Within Philistia's princely hallIs held a glorious festival,And on the fluctuant ether floatsThe music of the timbrel's notes,While living waves ...
The kine unguided wentBy the directest road;When the Philistines homeward sentThe ark of Israel's God.Lowing they passed along,And left their ...
For, day and night, by restless demons stirred,-- Like many fires in one combustion joined,-- King, sorcerers, priests, rulers, and ...
Because thou wast most delicate, A woman fair for men to see, The earth did compass thy estate, Thou didst ...
I know not how, dear heart, I came to love you as I do,- ...
It is not always to the strongVictorious battle shall belong.This found Goliath huge and tall:Mightiest giant of them all,Who in ...
WE have other tales for telling, we have other songs to sing, Who have looped the planet's waters in a ...
And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.—Jeremiah xxxii. 38.IHear, O Israel! and plead my cause ...
Repent, or I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight thee with the sword of my mouth.—Revelation ii. 16.IAshkelon ...
DelilahThe sun has gone down, spreading wide on The sky-line one ray of red fire;Prepare the soft cushions ...
Wake! children of France! shall your tyrant forever Enslave and enchain you, and trample you down? Do you fear the ...
I can conceive no heav'nly blissMore perfectly complete than this: To sit and smoke and idly chew Reflection's cud, with ...
All's over here;--let us withdraw and weepDown in the red recesses of our hearts,Or, in our spirits, silent, curse the ...
Our own weakness, and Christ our strength. 2 Cor. 12:7,9,10. Let me but hear my Savior say, "Strength shall be ...
SAMUEL, Chap. xvii. YE martial pow'rs, and all ye tuneful nine, Inspire my song, and aid my high design. The ...
When Yankies, skill'd in martial rule, First put the British troops to school; Instructed them in warlike trade, And new ...
Sorry, Writer in Residence on the Great North Run The last thing I'd ever do is listen to your spin ...
For a Man is to be looked upon in that which he excells as on a prospect. For there be ...
© 2020 Inspirational Stories