Man lives not by bread only, but each word proceeding from the mouth of God; who fed our fathers here with manna. -Matt. 4. 14; Deut. 8. 3. -1 Kings 19. 8. And forty days Elijah, without food. He proposed to draw the proud king Ahab into fraud. -1 Kings 22. 19. To be a liar in four hundred mouths. -1 Kings 22. 6. Vouchsafed his voice to Balaam reprobate. -Num. 22. 28. BOOK II The great Thisbite, who on fiery wheels rode up to heaven. -2 Kings 2. 11. But went about his Father's business. -Luke 2. 49. My heart hath been a storehouse long of things and As he who, seeking asses, found a kingdom. -1 Sam. 9. 20, 21. When thou stoodst up his tempter. BOOK IV -1 Chron. 21. 1. King of kings, God over all supreme. -1 Tim. 6. 15; Rom. 9. 5. Many books, wise men have said, are wearisome. -Eccl. 12. 12. Our Hebrew songs and harps, in Babylon. -Psa. 137. 1. There, on the highest pinnacle, he set the Son of God. His snares are broke. -Luke 4. 9. -Psa. 124. 7. In all her gates Abaddon rues thy bold attempt. -Matt. 16. 18. Yelling they shall fly, and beg to hide them in a herd of swine. -Matt. 8. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32; Rev. 20. 1, 2, 3. Samson Agonistes Having made a study of Milton's use of the Bible' in his longer poems the student should now read Samson Agonistes. He should verify the quotations and allusions as he meets them, and finally write down in essay form the parts of the poem which are not based upon the narrative in Judges. See "Topics for Extended Study," Chapter XXIV, with reference to Comus and Il Penseroso, CHAPTER XV THE BIBLE IN POETRY-CONTINUED WALTER SCOTT Lay of the Last Minstrel That day of wrath, that dreadful day, Marmion XXIII On hills of Armenie hath been, The Mount, where Israel heard the law, And shadows, mists, and darkness given. Read the "Hymn to the Virgin," in The Lady of the Lake. LORD BYRON The Destruction of Sennacherib I 1 The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, II Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, III For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, still! IV And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there rolled not the breath of his pride. And the form of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rock beating surf. V And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail. And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown. VI And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, A Spirit Passed Before Me From "Job" I A spirit passed before me: I beheld Deep sleep came down on every eye save mine- II "Is man more just than God? Is man more pure ROBERT BURNS As might be expected, Burns used the Bible somewhat playfully at times, although he can hardly be charged with irreverence. In "The Cotter's Saturday Night" his references are most impressive. Scotch Drink Give him strong drink, until he wink, An' liquor guid to fire his bluid, That's prest wi' grief an' care; |