Heaven; ere Freedom found a grave, Why slept the sword omnipotent to save? Where was thine arm, O Vengeance! where thy rod, That smote the foes of Zion and of God; That crush'd proud Ammon, when his iron car Was yoked in wrath, and thunder'd from afar? The Pleasures of Memory - Page 77by Samuel Rogers - 1864 - 124 pagesFull view - About this book
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...meteors flashed along the sky, And conscious nature sHudder'd at the cry ! ' Oh ! righteous Heav'n ! 'ere freedom found a grave, .Why slept the sword,...rod. That smote the foes of Zion and of God, That crjish'd proud Aminon, when hii iron cat Was yok'd in wrath, and thunder 'd from afar ? Where was the... | |
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...meteors flashed along the sky, And conscious nature shudder'd at the cry ! * Oh ! righteous Heav'n ! 'ere freedom found a grave, Why slept the sword, omnipotent...rod That smote the foes of Zion and of God, . < That crush'd proud Ammon, when his iron car Was yok'd in wrath, and thundet'd from afar ? Where was the... | |
| Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1803 - 162 pages
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...the cry ! Oh ! righteous Heav'n ! ere Freedom found a grave, Why slept the sword, /omriip^OTeivE}to save ? Where was thine arm, O vengeance ! where thy rod That smote the foes of Zk>n and of God, That crush'd proud Ammon, when his iron car Was yok'd in wrath, and thunder'd from... | |
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| Thomas Campbell - 1810 - 176 pages
...call! Earth shook—red meteors flash'd along the sky, And conscious Nature shudder'd at the cry ! Oh! righteous Heaven ! ere Freedom found a grave,...rod, That smote the foes of Zion and of God, That crush'd proud Ammon, when his iron car Was yok'd in wrath, and thunder'd from afar ? Where was the... | |
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...call ! Earth shook — red meteors flash'd along the sky, And conscious Nature shudder'd at the cry ! Oh ! righteous Heaven ! ere Freedom found a grave,...rod, That smote the foes of Zion and of God, That crush'd proud Ammon. when his iron car Was yok'd in wrath, and thunder'd from afar ? Where was the... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1812 - 160 pages
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| English poetry - 1814 - 138 pages
...God. Mine be an humbler task ; along the road That Pope for Dulness and for Dunces trode, NOTES. * Where was thine arm, O Vengeance ! where thy rod, That smote the foes of Zion and of God ? CAMPBELL. When high the Goddess on her throne he rais'd, 45 And, struck with rapture, crowds admiring... | |
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