The Historie of Ivdith in Forme of a Poeme Penned in French, by the Noble Poet, G. Salust. Lord of Bartas. Englished by Tho. Hudson |
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But for that Dauids hāds with blood were filde
throu infinits of humaines he had kilde.
the king of peace would haue a king of rest,
to build his Temple farre aboue the best:
His house, whose front vpreard so high and eavne,
that lightlied earth, & seemd to threat the heavne
vntill that wicked time a tyrant vile,
Of name and deede that bare the semble stile,
that did this king, that building braue he wract,
And to the sacred ground al whole it sackt.
throu infinits of humaines he had kilde.
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to build his Temple farre aboue the best:
His house, whose front vpreard so high and eavne,
that lightlied earth, & seemd to threat the heavne
vntill that wicked time a tyrant vile,
Of name and deede that bare the semble stile,
that did this king, that building braue he wract,
And to the sacred ground al whole it sackt.
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