 First, Moloch, horrid King, besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents' tears; Though, for the noise of drums and timbrels loud, Their children's cries unheard that passed through fire To his grim idol.  The Southern Quarterly Review - Page 495edited by - 1844Full view - About this book
 | William Hales - Bible - 1830 - 510 pages
...xxiii. 13: whose rites and worshippers are thus graphically described by the deeplearned Milton: " First Moloch, horrid ' king,' besmeared with blood Of human...timbrels loud, Their children's cries unheard, that past thro 1 fire To his grim idol. Him the Ammonite Worship'd in Rabba and her watery plain, In Argob... | |
 | William Hales - Bible - 1830 - 532 pages
...13: whose rites and worshippers are thus graphically described by the deepleanted Milton : " First Moloch, horrid ' king,' besmeared with blood Of human...and parents' tears ; Though for the noise of drums und timbrels loud. Their children's cries unheard, that past thro' fire To his grim idol. Him the Ammonite... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - Armenians - 1830 - 314 pages
...lives of his subjects to his idol " reform," as the Jews had sacrificed their children in the valley to Moloch,—" horrid king, besmeared with blood of human sacrifice, and parents' tears." Another sign—an horizontal motion of the hand—a gentle pantomime to denote the yataghan's application... | |
 | Aaron Arrowsmith - Geography - 1831 - 970 pages
...abominations were performed was named Tophet, or Gehenna lo : near 10 Moloch, horrid king, besmear'd with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents' tears...loud, Their children's cries unheard, that pass'd through fire To his grim idol. His pore The pleasant vale of Hinnom, Tophet thence. And black Gehenna... | |
 | John Milton - 1831 - 290 pages
...profaned, And with their darkness durst affront his light. First Moloch, horrid king, hesmear'd with hlood Of human sacrifice, and parents' tears ; Though, for the noise of drums and timhrels loud, Their children's cries unheard, that pass'd through fire, To his grim idol. Him the... | |
 | William Darlington - Mythology - 1832 - 350 pages
...compounded of a man and a fish. The Syrians worshipped BAAL, THAMMUZ, MAGOG, ASTARTE, and so forth. Next Moloch, horrid king besmeared with blood Of human...timbrels loud, Their children's cries unheard, that passed through fire To his grim idol. Him the Ammonite Worshipp'd in Rabba, and her wat'ry plain. Next... | |
 | Jacques Delille - 1832 - 476 pages
...feasts profan'd, And with their darkness durst affront his light. First, Moloch, horrid king, besmear'd with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents' tears...timbrels loud Their children's cries unheard, that pass'd through fire To his grim idol. Him the Ammonite Worshipt in Rabba and her watery plain, In Argob and... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 328 pages
...profan'd, 390 And with their darkness durst affront his light. First Moloch, horrid King, besmear'd with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents' tears,...timbrels loud Their children's cries unheard, that past through fire To his grim idol. Him the Ammonite 396 Worship'd in Rabba and her wat'ry plain, In... | |
 | James Rush - 1833 - 448 pages
...grouping power of the melody, in this case, counteracting the dividing agency of the pause. First, Moloch, horrid king, besmeared with blood Of human...timbrels loud, Their children's cries unheard, that passed through fire To hi* grim idol. Let us take one more example illustrative of the principle of... | |
 | John Milton - 1833 - 438 pages
...feasts profan'd, And with their darkness durst affront his light. First, Moloch, horrid king, besmear'd with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents' tears;...and timbrels loud Their children's cries unheard, pass'd through fire To his grim idol. Him the Ammonite Worshipt hi Rabba and her watery plain, In Argob... | |
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