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 |  |
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CXXVIII. 1 Samuel, Chap. XV. Ver. 34, 35. Chap. XVI. to Ver. 13.
Samuel anoints David.
To
Gibeah, Saul ill-pleas'd and discontent,
And Samuel to his native Ramah went;
Never, ah never now to see him more!
Yet his well-natur'd Tears his Fate deplore.
When God—How long wilt thou for Saul lament!
Himself has fix'd his Doom, nor will repent.
To Ephratean Jesse's Fields repair,
Thy Horn with Oyl replenish'd with thee bear,
My People I'll provide a Captain there,
Amongst his Sons; to blind the Tyrant's Eyes,
A free-neck'd Heifer take for Sacrifice.
Arriv'd, their Elders trembled at his sight;
He Jesse did with all his Sons invite.
Eliab, his eldest Hope the first appears,
A tall young Man, in Life's most vigorous Years:
When Samuel to himself—It must be he,
And sighing said—a second Saul I see:
But God corrects the Prophet's hasty Choice,
And thus reproves with inward secret Voice;
And Samuel to his native Ramah went;
Never, ah never now to see him more!
Yet his well-natur'd Tears his Fate deplore.
When God—How long wilt thou for Saul lament!
Himself has fix'd his Doom, nor will repent.
To Ephratean Jesse's Fields repair,
Thy Horn with Oyl replenish'd with thee bear,
My People I'll provide a Captain there,
Amongst his Sons; to blind the Tyrant's Eyes,
A free-neck'd Heifer take for Sacrifice.
Arriv'd, their Elders trembled at his sight;
He Jesse did with all his Sons invite.
Eliab, his eldest Hope the first appears,
A tall young Man, in Life's most vigorous Years:
When Samuel to himself—It must be he,
And sighing said—a second Saul I see:
But God corrects the Prophet's hasty Choice,
And thus reproves with inward secret Voice;
Gaze not, intemp'rate, on his manly Face,
His tow'ring Stature, and majestic Grace!
'Tis God alone his secret Soul can see,
Deform'd with Pride, unfit for Royalty.
The brave Abinadab did Jesse bring,
Who, like his five fair Brothers, look'd a King;
Yet these rejected—much the Seer admires,
If these were all his Sons, concern'd, enquires:
One more there is, the youngest, who remains,
To feed and guard our Flocks on Bethlehem's Plains:
With speed they send, the lovely Youth appears,
What Sp'rit his Eyes, his Face what Beauty wears!
A Light divine around his Temples shed,
Not more the mystic Drops adorn'd his Head,
Which now in a rich Circle round it shin'd;
So Heav'n commands, and strait his gen'rous Mind
Still more exalted, calls to mighty Things,
To punish and to save, Atchievements worthy Kings.
His tow'ring Stature, and majestic Grace!
'Tis God alone his secret Soul can see,
Deform'd with Pride, unfit for Royalty.
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Who, like his five fair Brothers, look'd a King;
Yet these rejected—much the Seer admires,
If these were all his Sons, concern'd, enquires:
One more there is, the youngest, who remains,
To feed and guard our Flocks on Bethlehem's Plains:
With speed they send, the lovely Youth appears,
What Sp'rit his Eyes, his Face what Beauty wears!
A Light divine around his Temples shed,
Not more the mystic Drops adorn'd his Head,
Which now in a rich Circle round it shin'd;
So Heav'n commands, and strait his gen'rous Mind
Still more exalted, calls to mighty Things,
To punish and to save, Atchievements worthy Kings.
| The history of The Old Testament In verse | |