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And lo! the glories of the illustrious line At their first dawn with ripened splendours shine, In David all expressed; the good, the great, The king, the hero, and the man, complete. Serene he sits, and sweeps the golden lyre, And blends the prophet’s with the poet’s fire. See, with what art he strikes the vocal strings The God, his theme, inspiring what he sings!
And lo! the glories of the illustrious line At their first dawn with ripened splendours shine, In David all expressed; the good, the great, The king, the hero, and the man, complete. Serene he sits, and sweeps the golden lyre, And blends the prophet’s with the poet’s fire. See, with what art he strikes the vocal strings The God, his theme, inspiring what he sings!
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Bishop Lowth (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
In print by 1888: recorded in A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888). Collection publication is an upper bound for this wording, not its earliest origin, composition date or the author's lifetime.
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 163 · printed citation: Bishop Lowth · subject: DAVID
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