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Peor and Baälim Forsake their temples dim , With that twice - batter'd god of Palestine ; And mooned Ashtaroth , Heaven's queen and mother both , Now sits not girt with tapers ' holy shine ; The Lybic Hammon shrinks his horn , [ mourn .
Peor and Baälim Forsake their temples dim , With that twice - batter'd god of Palestine ; And mooned Ashtaroth , Heaven's queen and mother both , Now sits not girt with tapers ' holy shine ; The Lybic Hammon shrinks his horn , [ mourn .
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| Title | The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 7 The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Ezekiel Sanford |
| Editors | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh |
| Publisher | Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1819 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Oct 21, 2005 |
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