Anti-Achitophel (1682): Three Verse Replies to Absalom and Achitophel by John DrydenPordage, Samuel
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Anti-Achitophel (1682): Three Verse Replies to Absalom and Achitophel by John Dryden
Pordage, Samuel
Dryden, John, 1631-1700. Absalom and Achitophel
Yet This, and all Things else now quite blown o're,
And _Absolom_, his _Israels_ Fear no more:
Luster and Pride shall hem his radiant Brow;
All Knees shall fall, and prostrate Nations bow.
By Heav'ns, he is, he will, he must, he shall
Be _Israels_ Heroe, Friend, Saint, Idol, all.
What though provok'd with all the crying sins
Of Murmuring Slaves, excluding Sanedrins:
By profane Crowds in dirt his Prophets spurn'd,
And ev'n his Gods in mock Processions burn'd:
Himself from _Israel_ into _Hebron_ sent,
And doom'd to little less than Banishment.
In spight of all his Scrowls to _Babylon_; }
And all the promis'd Wonders to be done, }
When _Egypts_ Frogs should croak on _Judahs_ Throne. }
Though of a Faith that propagates in Blood;
Of Passions unforgiving, less withstood
Then Seas and Tempests, and as Deaf as they. }
Yet all Divine shall be his Godlike Sway, }
And his calm Reign but one long _Halcyon_ Day. }
And this Great Truth he's damn'd that dares deny; }
'Gainst _Absolom_ even Oracles would lye, }
Though Sense and Reason Preach 'tis Blasphemy. }
Then let out dull Mistaken Terrour cease,
When even our Comets speak all Health and Peace.
_FINIS._
ERRATA.
[Transcriber's Note:
The author's Errata list was printed at the bottom of the page in a
single block of small type, heavily smudged and not always legible.
In at least one case, the requested change appears to be what the text
already says. For these reasons, changes listed have _not_ been made.
The text of each complete line is given in brackets.]
The Reader is desired to Correct these following Mistakes.
Page 1. line 12. for _Hold_, read _Held_.
[Hold but their Crowns at his Almighty Will.]
p. 4. l. 22. r. _Ships_;
[_Dan_ from her Ship, and _Asher_ on the Shore.]
ibid. l. 26. for _Kindl'd_ r. _Bank'd_;
[Kindl'd their embattel'd Fires for _Deborah's_ Wars,]
ibid. l. 32. r. _the Mighty_;
[The Mighty _Deborah's_, God's, and _Israel's_ Foes.]
ibid. l. 37 for _they_ r. _thus_;
[Thus sung, they conquer'd _Deborah_; thus fell]
p. 7. l. 18. for _poor_, r. _weak_;
[Preach to poor Female half-Soul'd Proselytes.]
p. 9. l. 3. & 4. for _his_ r. _a_;
[What Knees, what Necks to mount him to his Throne;
What Gems, what Stars to sparkle in his Crown?]
l. 6. for _the_, r. _ye_;
[But oh the Pow'rs, by treacherous snakes beguil'd,]
ibid. l. 20. r. _Walls; the Billows pour_;
[Down crack the Chrystal Walls the Billows pow'r,]
p. 12. l. 11. r. _lov'd Israel_;
[That still in its Lord _Israel_ takes delight,]
p. 19. l. 27. for _loo_ r. _race_ [illegible, possibly "rate"]
[To loo the Bloodhounds off to save the Plot.]
p. 22. l. 10. r. _Excluding_.
[Th'encluding Sanedrims Resolves once shake;]
[Additional errors and anomalies noted by transcriber:
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