...with timbrell'd anthems dark The sable-stoled sorcerers bear his worship'd ark. He feels from Judah's land The dreaded Infant's hand, The rays of Bethlehem...twine : Our Babe, to show his Godhead true, Can in the swaddling bands control the damned crew." The morning hymn of Adam in "Paradise Lost;" that of...

...hand : The rays of Bethlehem blind his dusky eyne. Nor all the gods beside Dare longer now abide, Nor Typhon huge, ending in snaky twine : Our Babe, to...in his swaddling bands, control the damned crew." " Samson Agonistes" is perhaps the least poetical, "but certainly by no means the least characteristic...

...sorcerers bear his worshipped ark. He feels from Judah's land The dreaded Infant's hand, The rav« of Bethlehem blind his dusky eyn ; Nor all the gods...dare abide, Not Typhon huge ending in snaky twine: O'jr babe, to show his Godhead true, Onu in hisswaddlingbandscontrol the damned crew. So when the sun...

...On Memphian grove or green, Trampling the unshowered grass with lowingg loud ; He feels from Judah's land The dreaded Infant's hand, The rays of Bethlehem, blind his dusky eye. MILTON. ' For Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.' ' Egypt shall gather them...

...furnace blue The brutish god« of Nile as fast, Isis, and Urus, aud the dog Anubi«, bu-itv. •• He feels from Juda's land The dreaded Infant's hand. The rays of Hethlvhcm blind his du*ky eyue Nur all the gods buiide Longer dare abide Not Typhon huge ending in...

...his shroud ; In vain with timbrell'd anthems dark The sable staled sorcerers bear his worshipt ark. He feels from Juda's land The dreaded infant's hand...dusky eyn ; Nor all the gods beside Longer dare abide, Nor Typhon huge ending in snaky twine : Our Babe, to show his Godhead true, Can in his swaddling bands...

...: Nor can he be at rest, Within his sacred chest; Nought but profoundest hell can be his shroud. " He feels, from Juda's land, The dreaded Infant's hand ; The rays of Bethlehem blind his dusky eyne : Nor all the Gods, beside, Longer dare abide; Not Typhon huge, ending in snaky twine : Our Babe,...

...his shroud; In vain with timbrell'd anthems dark The sable-stoled sorcerers bear his worshipt ark. He feels from Juda's land The dreaded infant's hand;...dusky eyn; Nor all the gods beside Longer dare abide, Nor Typhon huge ending in snaky twine : Our Babe, to show his Godhead true, Can in his swaddling hands...

...Baalim Forsake their temples dim." How Moloch, Isis, and Orus flee in haste, and how, too, Osiris " Feels from Juda's land The dreaded Infant's hand !...dusky eyn. Nor all the gods beside Longer dare abide, Nor Typhon huge, ending in snaky twine. Our Babe, to show His Godhead true, Can, in His swaddling bands,...

...his shroud; In vain with timbrelled anthems dark, The sable-stoled sorcerers bear his worshipped ark. He feels from Juda's land The dreaded Infant's hand,...Can in his swaddling bands control the damned crew. Pillows his chin upon an orient wave, The nocking shadows pale Troop to the infernal jail, So when...