Still unrelenting Pharaoh’s Heart remain’d,
And still the Tyrant in his Bosom reign’d;
Moses in vain out–stretch’d the sacred Rod,
And Israel groan’d in Bondage to their God,
The pow’rful Arm of Vengeance he defy’d,
Nor could repeated Plagues unbend his Pride:
With Flies, with Hail and Fire in vain he strove,
And noisome Boils, his stubborn Heart to move;
The Waters roll’d along a crimson Flood,
And Nile her guilty Banks distain’d with Blood,
Locusts the Promise of the Earth destroy,
And Frogs and Lice his Luxuries annoy,
The grazing Cattle feel a sudden Wound,
Horse, Sheep and Camel, press th’ unwholesom Ground,
Thro’
(Nicholas Amhurst)
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