..."the Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint," the pagan gods of ancient Palestine flee away, and The brutish gods of Nile as fast, Isis and Orus and the Dog Anubis haste. The infant Christ, like the infant Hercules strangling snakes in his cradle, "can in his swaddling...

...from its idol. The scene from the poem is this: And sullen Moloch fled, Hath left in shadows dred, His burning Idol all of blackest hue; In vain with...grisly King, In dismal dance about the furnace blue.""' In Milton's description and in Blake's depiction, the devotees of the god no longer try to obscure...

...is represented in elementary colors and sounds: And sullen Moloch fled, Hath left in shadows dred, His burning Idol all of blackest hue, In vain with Cymbals ring, They call the grisly king, In dismall dance about the furnace blue. [205-10] These vanquished gods are not devils in disguise; they...

...Thamuz mount. xxiii And sullen Moloch fed, Hath left in shadows dred, His burning Idol all ofblackesl hue, In vain with Cymbals ring, They call the grisly king, In dismall dance about the furnace blue; The brutish gods of Nile asfasl, Isis and Orus, and the Dog Anubis...

...of Christ's Nativity," 205-210: And sullen Moloch fled, Hath left in shadows dread His burning Idol of blackest hue; In vain with Cymbals' ring They call...grisly king, In dismal dance about the furnace blue. .? Otto Eissfeldt, Molk als Opferbegriff im Punischen und Hebräischen und das Ende des Gottes Moloch...

...way of ending the cult of Osiris and Isis forever. The brutish gods of Nile as fast, Isis and Horus, and the dog Anubis haste. Nor is Osiris seen In Memphian grove, or Green Trampling th'unshower'd Grass with lowings loud: Nor can he be at rest Within his sacred chest, Naught but profoundest...

...way of ending the cult of Osiris and Isis forever. The brutish gods of Nile as fast, Isis and Horus, and the dog Anubis haste. Nor is Osiris seen In Memphian grove, or Green Trampling th'unshower'd Grass with lowings loud: Nor can he be at rest Within his sacred chest, Naught but profoundest...

...sleep of Delphose leaving And sullen Moloch fled, Hath left in shadows dred, His burning idol all the blackest hue In vain with Cymbals ring, They call the grisly King, In dismall dance about the furnace blue; The brutish gods of Nile as fast Isis and Orus, and the Dog Anubis.'3...

...Lybic HammoniS shrinks his horn, In vain the Tynan maids their wounded Thammuz mourn}9 23 And sullen Moloch,™ fled, Hath left in shadows dread His burning...of Nile as fast, Isis and Orus, and the dog Anubis hasted 24 Nor is Osiris seen In Memphian42 grove or green, Trampling the unshow'red grass with lemings...

...The Lybic Hammon is shrinks his horn, In vain the Tyrian maids their wounded Tbammuz 23 And sullen Moloch,™ fled, Hath left in shadows dread His burning...brutish gods of Nile as fast, Isis and Orus, and the dogAnubis haste.^ 24 Nor is Osiris seen In Memphian 42 grove or green, Trampling the unshow'red grass...