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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CCXLIV. Ezekiel, Chap. XXVIII.
The Pride and Fall of the King of Tyrus.
Thus God against the haughty Prince of Tyre,
“And dares assuming Dust to Heav'n aspire?
A feeble Mortal share the Throne with me,
And Thunder, and affect Divinity!
How secret are thy Counsels and how wise!
Not Heav'n-lov'd Daniel's self cou'd thee advise!
What Princes Cabinet to thee unknown?
To all impervious but thy self, thy own.
The Sun himself no other Lord can see,
And thinks he only ripens Gold for thee:
In vain it lurks within its secret Mine,
Tarshish and Ophir, East and West are thine.
Like Solomon's thy wealthy Flotas come,
And from new Worlds convey thy Treasures home:
(For this his Reign his Subjects most did prize,
For had he not been Rich, h' had ne're been counted Wise.)
Thy Trade increas'd, thy numerous Navy, more
Than all thy Predecessors knew before:
Hence thy ambitious Heart is fill'd with Pride,
And by thy self and Slaves thou hence art deify'd.
Nor this, unpunish'd, shalt thou longer dare,
But for my Vengeance not unwarn'd, prepare!
A Stranger Nation, terrible and brave,
(Nor shall thy Wisdom thee, nor Splendor, save,)
Shall draw their Swords, which never draw in vain,
And thou thy self shalt fall among the slain;
Still call thy self Immortal if thou can,
Tho' he that kills thee sure shall find thee Man.
“And dares assuming Dust to Heav'n aspire?
A feeble Mortal share the Throne with me,
And Thunder, and affect Divinity!
How secret are thy Counsels and how wise!
Not Heav'n-lov'd Daniel's self cou'd thee advise!
What Princes Cabinet to thee unknown?
To all impervious but thy self, thy own.
The Sun himself no other Lord can see,
And thinks he only ripens Gold for thee:
In vain it lurks within its secret Mine,
Tarshish and Ophir, East and West are thine.
Like Solomon's thy wealthy Flotas come,
And from new Worlds convey thy Treasures home:
(For this his Reign his Subjects most did prize,
For had he not been Rich, h' had ne're been counted Wise.)
Thy Trade increas'd, thy numerous Navy, more
Than all thy Predecessors knew before:
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And by thy self and Slaves thou hence art deify'd.
Nor this, unpunish'd, shalt thou longer dare,
But for my Vengeance not unwarn'd, prepare!
A Stranger Nation, terrible and brave,
(Nor shall thy Wisdom thee, nor Splendor, save,)
Shall draw their Swords, which never draw in vain,
And thou thy self shalt fall among the slain;
Still call thy self Immortal if thou can,
Tho' he that kills thee sure shall find thee Man.
So Great, so Wise (O wert thou Good withal!)
Thou shall not, Tyrus! unlamented fall!
Thus saith the Lord—With thee what Mortal dare
In Glory or in Wisdom once compare?
In God's own beauteous Eden hast thou been,
And things unutterable heard and seen:
Cover'd with Gems beyond an Empire's price,
Which grow like common Stones, in Paradise.
Th'anointed Cherub thou, thy Feet have trod
Sublime upon the Holy Mount of God;
Secure did to Heav'ns crystal Walls aspire,
And walk untouch'd amid the Stones of Fire.
From thy Creation with Perfection crown'd,
Till in thy Ways at length Perverseness found;
With fraudful Arts and base Injustice stain'd
And brutal Force, see what thy Crimes have gain'd!
Polluted and profane I'll thee expel,
Nor shalt thou in my Holy Mountain dwell:
No more shalt hover o're the Throne, no more,
Apostate Cherub! guard fair Eden's Door:
Thy Beauty and Wisdom both did Pride confound,
And both with thee I'll trample on the Ground;
That haughty Tyrants may thy Ruin see,
And own a God, and learn their Fate from thee:
Astonish'd Nations shall thy Fall deplore,
A Terror to th'Unjust, when thou shalt be no more.
Thou shall not, Tyrus! unlamented fall!
Thus saith the Lord—With thee what Mortal dare
In Glory or in Wisdom once compare?
In God's own beauteous Eden hast thou been,
And things unutterable heard and seen:
Cover'd with Gems beyond an Empire's price,
Which grow like common Stones, in Paradise.
Th'anointed Cherub thou, thy Feet have trod
Sublime upon the Holy Mount of God;
Secure did to Heav'ns crystal Walls aspire,
And walk untouch'd amid the Stones of Fire.
From thy Creation with Perfection crown'd,
Till in thy Ways at length Perverseness found;
With fraudful Arts and base Injustice stain'd
And brutal Force, see what thy Crimes have gain'd!
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Nor shalt thou in my Holy Mountain dwell:
No more shalt hover o're the Throne, no more,
Apostate Cherub! guard fair Eden's Door:
Thy Beauty and Wisdom both did Pride confound,
And both with thee I'll trample on the Ground;
That haughty Tyrants may thy Ruin see,
And own a God, and learn their Fate from thee:
Astonish'd Nations shall thy Fall deplore,
A Terror to th'Unjust, when thou shalt be no more.
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