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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| CLXXX. | CLXXX. 1Kings, Chap. XXII. from Ver. 51.
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 | The history of The Old Testament In verse |  |
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CLXXX. 1Kings, Chap. XXII. from Ver. 51. to the End; and 2 of Kings, Chap. I.
Ahaziah's wicked Reign. He falls from a Window, sends to enquire of Beelzebub. Elijah fore-tells his Death. He calls for Fire from Heaven, &c.
Thus
Ahab fell, his Son supply'd his Place,
Who not degen'rates from curst Omri's Race:
What most commends his Reign is its short Date,
How Criminal, and how Unfortunate!
As gazing careless o're his Palace-Walls,
Prodigious Height! he from the Window falls:
His nobler Parts are bruis'd, hard comes his Breath,
And ev'ry Symptom promis'd speedy Death:
The Leeches but in vain their Cares apply,
Mock'd by th'increasing stubborn Malady:
Earth cou'd not aid, in Heav'n he had no Friends,
Despairing he to Hell for Counsel sends;
To Belzebub, whom Ekron's Sons adore
With horrid Victims, and with human Gore:
The breathless Messengers Elijah meets,
From angry Heav'n with dreadful Tidings greets:
Who not degen'rates from curst Omri's Race:
What most commends his Reign is its short Date,
How Criminal, and how Unfortunate!
As gazing careless o're his Palace-Walls,
Prodigious Height! he from the Window falls:
His nobler Parts are bruis'd, hard comes his Breath,
And ev'ry Symptom promis'd speedy Death:
The Leeches but in vain their Cares apply,
Mock'd by th'increasing stubborn Malady:
Earth cou'd not aid, in Heav'n he had no Friends,
Despairing he to Hell for Counsel sends;
To Belzebub, whom Ekron's Sons adore
With horrid Victims, and with human Gore:
The breathless Messengers Elijah meets,
From angry Heav'n with dreadful Tidings greets:
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“Is there no God in Israel, that you send
“To Ekron's Temple, and consult the Fiend?
“No more the King shall from his Bed descend:
“Go tell your Lord, a Greater Lord than he
“Has seal'd his Fate and does his Death decree.
“To Ekron's Temple, and consult the Fiend?
“No more the King shall from his Bed descend:
“Go tell your Lord, a Greater Lord than he
“Has seal'd his Fate and does his Death decree.
Agen they to the mournful Court repair,
Th'unpleasing Tidings to their Master bear:
A rev'rend Sire they met, with awful Grace,
And something more than human in his Face:
His rough and hairy Garment swept the Ground,
And his strong Loins a leathern Girdle bound.
Elijah by their Character he knew,
He sigh'd, and fear'd his Words wou'd soon be true:
With feeble Voice he sends his Guards away,
To bring him to the Court without delay:
They find the Prophet seated on a Hill,
Their Captain roughly tells the Prince's Will:
Elijah calls from Heav'n a fiery Show'r,
Whose scalding Drops his Troops and him devour:
A second Fifty with their Leader came,
Unwarn'd by others Harms, their Fate the same:
A Third is on the hopeless Message sent,
Who o're his Fellow's Ashes trembling went:
His Party left, he to the Prophet goes,
And only wou'd his single Life expose:
Interpreter of Heav'n! he kneeling cries,
From these and me avert thy angry Eyes!
Thy Servants spare, nor take those Lives away,
Which lost, if we our Orders not obey!
An Angel whispers in the Prophet's Ear,
And bids him with 'em go, and nothing fear:
Arriv'd at Court he to the Monarch went,
Repeats the Message he before had sent,
Nor long his Threatnings did fore-go th'Event:
Th'unhappy Prince, unbless'd and undesir'd
Finish'd his short-liv'd Reign, and with a Groan expir'd.
Th'unpleasing Tidings to their Master bear:
A rev'rend Sire they met, with awful Grace,
And something more than human in his Face:
His rough and hairy Garment swept the Ground,
And his strong Loins a leathern Girdle bound.
Elijah by their Character he knew,
He sigh'd, and fear'd his Words wou'd soon be true:
With feeble Voice he sends his Guards away,
To bring him to the Court without delay:
They find the Prophet seated on a Hill,
Their Captain roughly tells the Prince's Will:
Elijah calls from Heav'n a fiery Show'r,
Whose scalding Drops his Troops and him devour:
A second Fifty with their Leader came,
Unwarn'd by others Harms, their Fate the same:
A Third is on the hopeless Message sent,
Who o're his Fellow's Ashes trembling went:
His Party left, he to the Prophet goes,
And only wou'd his single Life expose:
Interpreter of Heav'n! he kneeling cries,
From these and me avert thy angry Eyes!
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Which lost, if we our Orders not obey!
An Angel whispers in the Prophet's Ear,
And bids him with 'em go, and nothing fear:
Arriv'd at Court he to the Monarch went,
Repeats the Message he before had sent,
Nor long his Threatnings did fore-go th'Event:
Th'unhappy Prince, unbless'd and undesir'd
Finish'd his short-liv'd Reign, and with a Groan expir'd.
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