 I think thy gentle nature Shudders at him and yonder bloody rites. How dreadful ! when the world awakes to light, And life, and gladness, and the jocund tide Bounds in the veins of every happy creature, Morning is ushered by a murdered victim, Whose wasting...  Hadad: A Dramatic Poem - Page 40by James Abraham Hillhouse - 1825 - 208 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American poetry - 1839 - 430 pages
...Jealous of our faith, Our love, our true obedience, justly his; And a poor recompense for all his favors. Implacable he is not; contrite man Ne'er found him...the air, Polluting the pure firmament; the shades 01'evening scent of death; almost, the shrine O'ershadowed by the holy cherubim; And where the clotted... | |
 | James Abraham Hillhouse - 1839 - 320 pages
...dire offence. Had. I meant not to displease, love ; but my soul Revolts, because I think thy gentle nature Shudders at him and yonder bloody rites. How...shades Of evening scent of death ; almost, the shrine Itself, o'ershadowed by the Cherubim ; And where the clotted current from the altar Mixes with Kedron,... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1842 - 642 pages
...the holy altar. Had. 1 meant not to displease, love ; but my soul Revolts, because I think thy gentle nature Shudders at him and yonder bloody rites. How...shades Of evening scent of death ; almost the shrine Itself, o'ershadowed by the Cherubim ; And where the clotted current from the altar Mixes with Kedron,... | |
 | John Keese - American poetry - 1845 - 338 pages
...dire offence. Had. I meant not to displease, love ; but my soul Revolts, because I think thy gentle nature Shudders at him and yonder bloody rites. How...shades Of evening scent of death ; almost, the shrine Itself, o'ershadowed by the Cherubim ; And where the clotted current from the altar Mixes with Kedron,... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1847 - 456 pages
...others have, If oracles be true. Tarn. Little we know Of them ; and nothing of their dire offence. Hnd. I meant not to displease, love ; but my soul Sometimes...shades Of evening scent of death ; almost, the shrine O'ershado wed by the holy cherubim ; And where the clotted current from the altar Mixes with Kedron,... | |
 | Charles William Everest - American literature - 1860 - 484 pages
...offence. //•;./. I meant not to displease, love ; but my soul Revolts, because I think thy gentle nature Shudders at Him and yonder bloody rites. »...shades Of evening scent of death ; almost, the shrine Itself, o'ershadowed by the Cherubim ; And where the clotted current from the altar Mixes with Kedron,... | |
 | Charles William Everest - American literature - 1860 - 486 pages
...dire offence. Had. I meant not to displease, love ; but my soul . Revolts, because I think thy gentle nature Shudders at Him and yonder bloody rites. How...ushered by a murdered victim, Whose wasting members reck upon the air, Polluting the pure firmament ; the shades Of evening scent of death ; almost, the... | |
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