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Pierc ed with sore wounds , the javelin in his flesh , Loots round , and as the battle rolls away , Firm fixing mi Gilboas brow his sword Self slain expires . Page 186 .
But the principal and generally the best parts of the poem relate to David , who is introduced so as to pre-possess the mind of the reader with the belief that David
l&s seized the poef s heart and is to be the hero of the piece * The difficulties in which he is involved , are related in such a manner as to
lead us to expect the honour ty hich attends him at tfye close of the poem . The interview of Samuel with I ? ayi < I when he annointed fcim as king-elect is well
described , and were it not that we have the archetype of the * prophetic vision /* constantly in our mind , it would appear far from uninteresting .
Candid reader ! Impute nbt tbe rigid adherence of Mr . S . to the language of scripture , to his veneration for the sacred books , whose " dots and tittles" he would
not venture to misplace s for when it pleases his fancy > he can fearlessly alter the circumstanceS ) and in the face of a simple narrative ^ in which David , by feinging madness is m 3 . de to
escape from Gath ; Mr . S . can give the following high-wrought and not unpoetica ! account of his deliverance . Jf you c $ n for * get the truth , you may be pleased with the fiction .
Around The God , writhed shrieking infantSj doora'd to feed
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The sacrificial fire . Alone in front Stood David . Whom before , with hymns and shouts Selected ministers , in mystic dance , Mov * d circling , like the planets in their course .
Sdtne , giddily in mazes , as they whiiTd , Deep gash'd with frequent stab their flesh , and drank The dark blood as it spouted from the womb .
Some in their grasp , large bulk of writhing snakes Held , front to front , and fear * less of their fang , Ceas'd not devouring , piece meal . Moloch , thus , O ' er limbs of mangled victims , self devote .
Past through the porch . At once one shout burst up Of adoration . Silence deep ensued . The son of Jes 9 e , then , with other mien
Than one of reason reft and prophet voice Terrific cry'd aloud , u Jehovah , hear ! Thou living God , sole Lord of
Heaven ancj earth , Hear and avenge ! " In thunder Grod reply'd . The mountain bow * d . the rent
rocks burst , the cave , Beneath the staggering throng reel'd to and fro : T } i
the fliqt Fell , thundering . Madness siefc'd the ministering priests , Api as the cave with yell of Demons rang .
Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1807, page 325, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2381/page/37/
