Religion
1 Samuel: No wily fiend, by magic spell
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)
Religion
No wily fiend, by magic spell
Evoked from his infernal cell,
To personate the prophet true.
But Samuel's self appears in view;
I Samuel xxiii. i6 — 2 Samuel i. 17.
To make the prostrate king relent,
Humbly accept his punishment,
To warn him of his instant doom.
But not denounce the wrath to come.
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