The history of The Old Testament In verse With One Hundred and Eighty sculptures: In Two Volumes. Vol. I. From the Creation to the Revolt of the Ten Tribes from the House of David. Vol. II. From that Revolt to the End of the Prophets. Written by Samuel Wesley ... The Cuts done by J. Sturt |
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 | The history of The Old Testament In verse |  |
CIII. Judges, Chap. IX. Ver. 50. to 55.
Abimelech slain by a Woman.
She gains the Day when Life itself is lost:
What with'ring Joys deceitful Conquest yields,
From Cities sack'd, and from triumphant Fields!
How soon the giddy Globe of Fortune turns,
The Captive smiles, th'insulting Victor mourns!
This, Great Abimelech! from thee we learn,
(And future Warriors may their Fate discern:)
Now happy, if thou bear thy Ensign's back,
Nor Thebez Walls, with Stars averse, attack:
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And Death, disguis'd like Glory, leads to War:
The Town is storm'd, the weak Defendants fled,
But in the Citadel again make Head;
Arm'd with Despair a brave Resistance make;
Again their well-known Fire th'Assailants take;
Tho' lately try'd, of wish'd Success it fails;
One Stratagem but rarely twice prevails:
Greedy of Fame, impatient of Delay,
To his warm Troops the Gen'ral leads the way;
Whom, at the Gates, to his despairing Foes,
His lofty Plume and glitt'ring Arms disclose:
—'Tis done, and from a Mill-stone's deadly weight,
A Woman, a weak Woman sends his Fate:
He feels the Stroke the Seat of Life confound,
His Helmet crush'd, his Head a single Wound;
Groaning he falls, reluctant strikes the Ground:
But his strong Heart still rises with Disdain,
“Can Gideon's Son by Female Hands be slain?
“Let some kind Sword the Stroke of Mercy lend,
“If near me either Enemy or Friend!
His faithful Squire, who oft in Battel try'd,
Had ne're unguarded left his Master's side,
This last kind cruel Office not deny'd:
Soon as the Sword its fatal Passage found,
He rises to the Point, and meets the welcom Wound.
| The history of The Old Testament In verse | |