 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. Him the Ammonite Worshipped in Rabba and...  The Friend, Conducted by S.T. Coleridge, No - Page 37publié par - 1863Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | John Kitto - 1855 - 734 pages
...sacrificed to Moloch iu this horrid valley. Milton had this in view when speaking of these sacrifices : 1 7 Tlioughfrom the noise of drums and timbrels load, Their children's cries unheard, that pass'd through... | |
 | J.T. BARCLAY - 1858 - 648 pages
...the palms of the mountain are fit for iron/ And this is the door of Gehenna." — Talmud. " 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... | |
 | Robert Buchanan - 1859 - 506 pages
...was here that in the days of Ahaz and of Manasseh, even royal children were immolated as offerings to 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 pass through... | |
 | William Garden Blaikie - 1859 - 492 pages
...receiving adoration both in Syria and its neighbourhood, and other parts of the world : — " First Moloch, horrid king, besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents' tears ; Though for the noise of drums and timbrels loud, MCT. vin.] MILTON'S IDOL- ARMY. 135 Their children's... | |
 | William McClure Thomson - 1859 - 636 pages
...and the shouts of the phrcnsied worshipers. Milton thus sing indignant at these "abominations:" '• Moloch, horrid king, besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents' tears, Though for the noise of drums and timbrels loud Their childrens' cries unheard, that passed throngh... | |
 | william beal - 1860 - 178 pages
...endured, the fire, stove, and place of torment, was known as Gehenna, the valley of the son of Hinnom. " Moloch, horrid king ! Besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice and parents tears, Though from the noise of drums and tabrets loud Their children's cries unheard, that pass'd through... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1860 - 274 pages
...His holy rites and solemn feasts profaned,] And with their darkness durst affront his light.] First, Moloch, horrid king, besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents' tears ;] Though, for the noise of drums and timbrels loud, 3g5 Their children's cries unheard,] that passed... | |
 | 1860 - 890 pages
...centuries ago, no unenlightened or ignorant man, but even Milton himself, beheld with horror, — " Moloch, horrid king, besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents' tears." .***'* " Osiris, Isis, Orus, and their train, (who) With monstrous slmpes and sorceries abused Fanatic... | |
 | William McClure Thomson - 1860 - 640 pages
...and the shouts of the phrensied worshipers. Milton thus sing indignant at these " abominations :" " Moloch, horrid king, besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents' tears, Though for the noise of drums and timbrels loud Their childrens' cries unheard, that passed through... | |
 | rev. Alexander Hislop - 1862 - 512 pages
...is most revolting to the heart of humanity, and amply justify the description of Milton: — "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... | |
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