Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1825 edition. Excerpt: ... escape, And stir up fresh rebellions! Die, base youth! ABSALOM. 0 spare me, spare me for my father's sake! 1 with repentant floods of tears will bathe On bended knees his feet, and never more Against his fond paternal goodness sin. JOAB. Thy death is now the sole atonement prince, Which thou to justice and thy sire canst make. ABSALOM. O let me live, and I will be thy slave! JOAB. Die, whining coward! Thus thy blood I spill, Unworthy of the source from whence it flowed. Joab and his band strike Absalom through with their darts. So perish all the foemen of the king! Take down the rebel, and in yonder pit His carcass cast; and o'er it pile on high The mound, the monumental mound, of stones.--Blow ye the trump, and let the war-horn wake The echoes of these blood-stained forest shades. Sound a retreat, that our victorious host No longer may pursue their vanquished brethren. Swift-footed Cushi, haste thee hence, and bear Glad tidings to the king. Tell him that God Hath on our brows the wreath of conquest placed, And ample vengeance given him o'er his foes. "Morning! the enthusiastic harp has swept Thy praise in glowing numbers! Every age Has poured the tribute of immortal song To thee, that darting wide the welcome light Breakest in beautiful succession round Th' exulting sphere. The lyre of ages and the hjmns of bards Have welcomed thee, and still the nations hail With wide acclaim thy birth."' Carrington's "Banks of Tamer." "Where can I find such beauty t Where such graoc, The soul of beauty? Where such winning charms? Where such a soft divinity of goodness.' Such faith? such love? such tenderness unequalled? Such all that Heaveu could give?" Thomson's "Edward and Eleonora." Solomon's Judgment....