...By that uxorious king, whose heart, though large, Beguiled by fair idolatresses, fell To idols foul. Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon...sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded : the love-tale Infected Sion's daughters with like heat, Whose wanton passions in the sacred porch...

...ran with violence at this time of its increase. Milton works all this up in these fine Lines :— " Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon...Adonis, from his native rock, Ran purple to the sea, suffused with blood Of Thammuz, yearly wounded. The love tale Infected Sion's daughters with like heat...

...Her temple on the offensive mountain, built Beguiled by fair idolatresses, fell 445 To idols foul. Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon...summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock 450 Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded: the love tale Infected Sion's...

...ran with violence at this time of its increase. Milton works all this up in'these fine lines :— " Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon...Adonis, from his native rock, Ran purple to the sea, suffused with blood Of Thammuz, yearly wounded. The love tale . % AM 3410. В. С. 594. Ol. XLVI. 3....

...Beguiled by fair idolatresses, fell To idols foul. Thammuz came next behind. Whose annual wound in Lebanou allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day ; While smooth Adouis from his native nx-k Kan purple to the sea, supposed with Mo.-.! Of Thammuz yearly wounded :...

...By that uxurious king, whose heart, though large, Beguil'd by fair idolatresses, fell To idols foul. Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon...Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, suppos'd with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded: the love-tale Infected Sion's daughters with like heat,...

...part of the world b . He appears to be the same with the Thammuz mentioned by the prophet Ezekiel, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate. While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly...

...hope and confidence as well as of * Beautifully described in the well-known verses of Milton:— " Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon...rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammua yearly wounded."—Paradise Lost, i. 446. t ii. 79. X On the subject of these plaintive songs...

...deepest admiration, as the finest of all, the passage— T>ammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound to Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate...sea, supposed -with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded; the love-tale Infected Sion's daughters with like heat, Whose wanton passions in the sacred porch Ezekiel...

...chariot of triumph. (When the cart is driven away he is left hanging.) And we cry, There dies an Adonis! —Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous duties all a summer's day— —Whose tragic sacrifice, every spring, like Christ, makes the crops...