The conquest of Canaan, Slatonian prize poem1810 |
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afar Aļ's arous'd Aught band beneath bitter blazing breast bursts CAMBRIDGE cheek Clare Hall cloud CONQUEST OF CANAAN consum'd convulsive struggle crafty crush curse Deserts Desolation destin'd course dire Disconsolate distance dread dust eager Eagle ecstacy enraptur'd Exod Exulting faint fatal fate feign'd fierce fir'd flames flight force resistless GEORGE PRYME Gibeon's gleam goodly are thy Greek Professor Heathen Heaven helms hills HUSH'D Israel's host Israelites Jacob Jericho's Jordan's Josh Judah Judea lign-aloes lion long array loud mantle Master of Clare ne'er nerve Numb o'er pang piercing plains prey Proud purple race radiance remember'd Rich rolls Roman ruins Rush Salem SEATON's SEATONIAN PRIZE POEM Seem'd servitude shade Shakespear Shaw's Travels shriek sink sire Slow spreads stream strong sweep sword thro thy tents torrents towers TRINITY COLLEGE vales valour vengeance verge Vice-Chancellor Victory Virgin's walls warriors waste waters weary wide wings
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Page 13 - How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
Page 13 - Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion : he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
Page 3 - ... shall agree. Which three persons aforesaid shall give out a Subject, which Subject shall for the first Year be one or other of the Perfections or Attributes of the Supreme Being, and so the succeeding Years, till the Subject is exhausted; and afterwards the Subject shall be either Death, Judgment, Heaven, Hell, Purity of Heart, &c. or whatever else may be judged by the Vice-Chancellor, Master of Clare-Hall, and Greek Professor to be most conducive to the honour of the Supreme Being and recommendation...
Page 3 - Estate to the University of Cambridge for ever : the Rents of which shall be disposed of yearly by the Vice-Chancellor for the time being, as he the Vice-Chancellor, the Master of Clare Hall, and the Greek Professor for the time being, pr any two of them, shall agree.
Page 3 - Professor, to be most conducive to the honour of the Supreme Being and recommendation of virtue. And they shall yearly dispose of the rent of the above estate to that Master of Arts whose Poem on the subject given shall be best approved by them. Which Poem I ordain to be always in English, and to be printed ; the...
Page 3 - Clare-Hall, and Greek Professor to be most conducive to the honour of the Supreme Being and recommendation of Virtue. And they shall yearly dispose of the Rent of the above Estate to that Master of Arts, whose Poem on the Subject given shall be best approved by them. Which poem I ordain to be always in English, and to be printed; the expense of which shall be deducted out of the product of the Estate, and the residue given as a reward for the Composer of the Poem, or Ode, or Copy of Verses.
Page 9 - But in the dreary waste of Arabia a boundless level of sand is intersected by sharp and naked mountains, and the face of the desert, without shade or shelter, is scorched by the direct and intense rays of a tropical sun. Instead of refreshing breezes, the winds, particularly from the southwest, diffuse a noxious and even deadly vapor...
Page 19 - Burst on the plumed chiefs enraptured view ; While echo wide the clarion's swelling note, And shriller harmonies inflame the breast, And vengeance glistens in his doubtless eye ; In spite of ancient prophecies of woe, Day-dreams of victory inspire the hope To combat Heaven's decree, and conquer fate. To crush their pride and vassal Gibeon save, Through night's pale gloom impatient Israel moves ; On their high crests sate Victory enthroned, . And heavenly Favor steel'd each lance's point, On every...
Page 21 - Bevive ; again red slaughter dies the plain : Till the tired warrior quits the faint pursuit By the last radiance of the lingering sun : Death's piercing cries in horrid silence sink : And the last sound of battle dies away.
Page 20 - O'er their heads The vollied lightnings flash, loud whirlwinds howl, Impetuous torrents thro' the lucid air Congeal'd in massy spheres of hail descend, And dash the fainting fugitives to earth. Breathless with falt'ring steps they strive to flee, And look for safety in approaching night. Vain expectation ! at the wonted hour No Darkness in her friendly mantle shrouds Your routed bands. The awful mandate bursts From Joshua's tongue : astonish'd Nature owns His potent voice : the orb of day arrests...