I ' 15~ .1~he H1'jl~ryo[ f!..uetn ESTE.R.. .· ' . • r .: • ~f ,. . ' .. . ~ - ' ..>J • ... Medirat. I'J• • '\ J ' • I Lately mu~;d; and ·mufing ~ood amaz'd, . , , My heart. was bound, my fight was over-da:z.~q "t'o view anmacle : could Pharo fall · · Before the face 'of Ifracl ?. could her fmall Apd ill-appointed handful rhi~1 prev'ail, · When Pharo~ s ri1en of War, and Charr'ots fail? Thefe ftood iikc'Giams ; rnofe like Pigmy brats ? Thefe fo'ar"a like ~agles '; thofe like fwarn1s of gnats :· On fpot rhe[emarcht ;" thof::: rode on rroeps of horfe· • Th~fe never 'berrer arm'd; they, never worfe; . ': Strong b~ckt with.vengeance, and revenge wsre tltey i' _ >f·hcfc, w1th defp!1r, fhemfelye~, themfelves betray : ~ .:rhey clef~ pur~u d; rhefe ~ fe~rfu~) ~ed ~pe 'field; How cou'~d d1ey choofe~ ~ur v_vm ?·or rhefe bur yield ~. Sure 'tis riot rpap, nor norfe; nor fword avail~, . I t When Ifrael conquers~ and·greai: ~-haro fails"; - Poor l{r'd had nq man of War, btit 'One ; · AndPhttro having all ~h~ re!,l; had ncn1e ; .· Heav:n fought for lfr'ei,' wea~ned rz:baro's heart~ -:who had rto Counter god to take hts part : . . , What n1eanr rhat clouay Pillar, char by day ])jd u{her 1fr'd in an upknowri way'?' . . What meant that fi' ry pillar, that by night .A' ppcar~d to Ifr'el, ·and gave lfr.,cllight ? · ~Iwas no~ ~he fecret pPwer of Mofes Roa, "''h1t charm'd/t11e.Seas in·~twain ·; ~cwas Mo[eJ flod 71lat fought for lfr'el, arid made Ph4ro fall; , · ·l Well thrives the fray wperc God:sthe General : :)T is ·neither jfr~ngth nOt' ·un6ermining flight, : Prevail~; ' whe~e heave.n~s in'gageci in 'thc ·fight. · Me hft not 'ramble mto annque ,days, l o tnan this theam, left whjle ulyffcs !lrays, ~ u _, __ ;. · · . .. · , ' ; ~ His :- ~ ' ~
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