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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CXLIV. 2 Samuel, Chap. III.
The Death of Abner.
Unhappy that weak Prince, who fear'd by none,
But dimly shines on a precarious Throne:
Of Foes alike, and pow'rful Friends afraid,
Aw'd by those Idols which himself has made:
A Truth by Ishbosheth perceiv'd too late,
Whether it were his Folly or his Fate;
When Abner with ambitious Passion fir'd,
To beautious Rizpah's Love and Bed aspir'd;
Him, in her Heart a Monarch's Place she gave,
For hardly can the Fair deny the Brave:
This Ishbosheth with feeble Passion heard,
Half-frown'd, and was as angry as he dar'd;
He thinks his Father's Ashes were profan'd,
And softly Abner chid, who his Reproof disdain'd:
'Tis thus, said he, ungrateful Princes slight
Those Services they never can requite:
Did I both God's and Judah's Choice disown,
And fix thee on thy Father's tott'ring Throne;
And am I for that despicable thing,
A Woman, faulted, by a feeble King?
—No—'tis too much: So God and more to me,
If I confirm not righteous Heav'ns Decree:
The Son of Jesse's Title I'll maintain,
Who now from Dan shall to Beersheba reign.
But dimly shines on a precarious Throne:
Of Foes alike, and pow'rful Friends afraid,
Aw'd by those Idols which himself has made:
A Truth by Ishbosheth perceiv'd too late,
Whether it were his Folly or his Fate;
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To beautious Rizpah's Love and Bed aspir'd;
Him, in her Heart a Monarch's Place she gave,
For hardly can the Fair deny the Brave:
This Ishbosheth with feeble Passion heard,
Half-frown'd, and was as angry as he dar'd;
He thinks his Father's Ashes were profan'd,
And softly Abner chid, who his Reproof disdain'd:
'Tis thus, said he, ungrateful Princes slight
Those Services they never can requite:
Did I both God's and Judah's Choice disown,
And fix thee on thy Father's tott'ring Throne;
And am I for that despicable thing,
A Woman, faulted, by a feeble King?
—No—'tis too much: So God and more to me,
If I confirm not righteous Heav'ns Decree:
The Son of Jesse's Title I'll maintain,
Who now from Dan shall to Beersheba reign.
His Threats the crouching Monarch tamely hears,
Mute as the Dead, and ill conceals his Fears:
Not so th'affronted Chief, who soon is grown
For David's Cause a Patron, and his own;
The Heads of Tribes solicits and prevails,
His Weight with ease inclines the dubious Scales:
None e're like David had their Battels fought,
He talk'd of God, but still of Rizpah thought:
At length when all was ripe, to Hebron goes,
And did to David his Design disclose:
The League is made, he treated and caress'd,
And then dismiss'd with Thanks his Princely Guest:
Nor Joab this, who new from Fight return'd,
His slaughter'd Brother's Fate he long had mourn'd,
And still with deep Revenge he inly burn'd:
For Abner on his way advanc'd, he sends,
They meet, embrace, and who were greater Friends?
Then stabs him to the Heart, and as he fell
This, this, he cries, for murder'd Asahel!
Thus Treachery did Treachery pursue,
And thus a Murderer a haughty Traitor slew.
Mute as the Dead, and ill conceals his Fears:
Not so th'affronted Chief, who soon is grown
For David's Cause a Patron, and his own;
The Heads of Tribes solicits and prevails,
His Weight with ease inclines the dubious Scales:
None e're like David had their Battels fought,
He talk'd of God, but still of Rizpah thought:
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And did to David his Design disclose:
The League is made, he treated and caress'd,
And then dismiss'd with Thanks his Princely Guest:
Nor Joab this, who new from Fight return'd,
His slaughter'd Brother's Fate he long had mourn'd,
And still with deep Revenge he inly burn'd:
For Abner on his way advanc'd, he sends,
They meet, embrace, and who were greater Friends?
Then stabs him to the Heart, and as he fell
This, this, he cries, for murder'd Asahel!
Thus Treachery did Treachery pursue,
And thus a Murderer a haughty Traitor slew.
| The history of The Old Testament In verse | |