...that oracles ceased at the birth of Christ. In his song of the Nativity, he sings — "The oracles arc dumb ; No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched...leaving. No nightly trance or breathed spell Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell." If this be true, it is also certain that one possessed of...

...usurped sway ; And, wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swindges the scaly horrour of his folded tail. XIX. The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs...more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leavin" ODES. 287 With that twice-batter'd God of Palestine ; And mooned Ashtaroth, Heaven's queen...

...usurped sway; And, wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swindges the scaly horrour of his folded tail. XIX. The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs...deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, : . No nightly trauce, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-ey'd priest from the prophetick cell. XX....

...his usurped sway ; And, wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs...deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With.hollo w shriek the steep of Delphos leaving. No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the...

...his usurped sway ; And, wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs...No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell. The lonely mountains o'er, And the resounding shore, A voice...

...is, But now begins ; for, from this happy day, The old Dragon, under ground In straiter limits bound, The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs...Delphos leaving. No nightly trance, or breathed spell, [cell. Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic The lonely mountains o'er, And the resounding...

...his earlier pieces, the departure of these pretended deities on the eve of the blessed Nativity. " The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs...leaving; No nightly trance or breathed spell Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell. " The lonely mountains o'er, And the resounding shore, A...

...eve of the blessed Nativity. " The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Rons through the arch'd roof in words deceiving ; Apollo from his shrine Can...leaving; No nightly trance or breathed spell Inspires the pale-eyed priests from the prophetic cell. " The lonely mountains o'er, And the resounding shore, A...

...fell. Book IV. v. 549, 560. HYMN ON THE NATIVITY. PICTUKE XXIX. MARY and JESUS. The ruin of Paganism. The Oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs...deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, &c. The Libyc Hammon shrinks his horn; The brutish Gods of Nile as fast, Isis and Orus, and the dog...

...fell. Book IV. v. 549, 560. HYMN ON THE NATIVITY. PICTURE XXIX. MARY and JESUS. The ruin of Paganism. The Oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs...deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, &c. The Libyc Hammon shrinks his horn; The brutish Gods of Nile as fast, Isis and Orus, and the dog...