 | James Orange - 1840 - 542 Seiten
...the Druids shouting, must have rendered the scene at once truly awful. " The horrid King, besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents' tears...Their children's cries unheard, that pass'd through fir« To this grim idol." (h) (a) See Milner's Hist of Winchester, vol. 1, p 26 (b) Cies. c. 6. (c)... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840 - 372 Seiten
...things His holy rites and solemn feasts profaned, And with their darkness durst affront his light. First Moloch, horrid king, besmear'd with blood Of human...Though for the noise of drums and timbrels loud Their childrens' cries unheard, that pass'd through fire To his grim idol. Him the Ammonite Worshipp'd in... | |
 | John Milton - 1841 - 492 Seiten
...His holy rites and solemn feasts profan'd, And with their darkness durst affront his light. First, MOLOCH, horrid king ! besmear'd with blood Of human...unheard, that pass'd through fire To his grim idol. Him the Ammonite Worshipp'd in Rabba and her wat'ry plain, In Argob, and in Basan, to the stream Of... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 Seiten
...feasts profan'd, And with their darkness durst affront his light First Moloch, horrid king, bcsmear'd S 4 Him the Ammonite Worshipt in Rabba and her watry plain, In Argob and in Basan, to the stream Of utmost... | |
 | 1851 - 428 Seiten
...overlooked. When we behold, to use the words of Milton, — • • • "Moloch, horrid king, besmear 'd with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents' tears...timbrels loud Their children's cries unheard, that pasa'd through fire To his grim idol," we feel that the subversion of the idol's power would remove... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1841 - 768 Seiten
...in honour of ' Moloch, horrid king, besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice and parent's tears, Tho' for the noise of drums and timbrels loud Their children's cries unheard, that passed thro' fire To his grim idol.' But the scourge of the avenger was at hand. Judah was attacked... | |
 | 1841 - 752 Seiten
...honour of -' Moloch, horrid king, besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice and parent's tears, Tim" fur the noise of drums and timbrels loud Their children's cries unheard, that passed thro' fire To his grim idol.' But the scourge of the avenger was at hand. Judah was attacked... | |
 | Henry Godwin - 1842 - 1018 Seiten
...represents them as being able to commune concludes with a description of rites which seemed appropriate To Moloch, horrid king, besmear'd with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents' tears ! Nor can we accuse this account of inconsistency : for the inconsistency was in the religion itself.... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 Seiten
...His holy rites and solemn feasts profaned, And with their darkness durst affront his light. First, Moloch, horrid king, besmear'd with blood Of human...unheard, that pass'd through fire To his grim idol. Him the Ammonite Worshipp'd in Rabba and her watery plain, In Argob and in Basan, to the stream Of... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 830 Seiten
...profan'd, And with their darkness durst affront his light. First Moloch, horrid king, besmear'd with btood his toil. Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, Him the Ammonite Worshipt in Rabba and her watry plain. In Argob and in Basan, to the stream Of utmost... | |
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First, Moloch, horrid king, besmear'd with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents' tears ; Though, for the noise of drums and timbrels loud, Their children's cries unheard, that pass'd through fire To his grim idol. 
