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XXVII.
“Ο Κροισος πεμπων τας πεδας επι του νηου τον ουδον
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Herod. b. i. ch 90.
“If Crœsus pass the Halys, know
He shall an empire overthrow.”
He pass'd the Halys, lost his throne,
And found that empire was his own.
He shall an empire overthrow.”
He pass'd the Halys, lost his throne,
And found that empire was his own.
Sought with much gold at Delphi's cell
So spake the guileful oracle;—
Thus fiends will truth with falschood blend
To lead men to some evil end.
So spake the guileful oracle;—
Thus fiends will truth with falschood blend
To lead men to some evil end.
“Crœsus,” now a prisoner, “sent Lydians to Delphi, and commanded them to lay his chains on the threshold of the shrine.”
“For this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that
they should believe a lie.”
2 Thess. ii. 11.
Those shrines are silent, yet again
They thus deceive 'mid ways of men,
With harmful truth they prophesy,
The promise keep, but hope belie.
They thus deceive 'mid ways of men,
With harmful truth they prophesy,
The promise keep, but hope belie.
Pleasure or power or wealth they give
To those who sacrifice and strive,
But giving blend the curse of sin,
Blooming without but death within.
To those who sacrifice and strive,
But giving blend the curse of sin,
Blooming without but death within.
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