Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941, ill, Speed, Lancelot, 1860-1931, ill · New York, Longmans, Green and co. · leaf 329
Thammuz mourn. And sullen Moloch fled. Hath left in shadows dread His burning idol all of blackest hue ; In vain with cymbals ring They call the grisly king. In dismal dance about the furnace blue : The brutish gods of Nile as fast, Isis and Orus, and the dog Anubis haste. Nor is Osiris seen In… … 4 Vkk, ^- •■■« :^V4#-- ON THE MOBNING OF CHBISTS NATIVITY 311 In vain with timbrelld anthems dark The sable-stoled sorcerers bear his worshipd ark. He feels from Judas land The dreaded infants hand, The rays of Bethlehem bUnd his dusky ejn; Not all the gods beside, Longel: dare abide, Not Typhon…
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