...have supposed that oracles ceased at the birth of Christ. In his song of the Nativity, he sings — "The oracles arc dumb ; No voice or hideous hum Runs...Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell." If this be true, it is also certain that one possessed of a spirit of Python lived and practised divination...

...And, wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swindges the scaly honour of his folded tail. XIX. The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched...No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-ey'd priest from the prophetick cell. XX. The lonely mountains o'er, And the resounding shore,...

...wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swindges the scaly horrour of his folded tail. XIX. The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched...more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leavin" ODES. 287 With that twice-batter'd God of Palestine ; And mooned Ashtaroth, Heaven's queen...

...shriek the steep of Dclphos leavNo nightly trance, or breathed spell, [ing. Inspires the pale-ey'd priest from the prophetic cell. The lonely mountains...heard and loud lament ; From haunted spring and dale, Edg'd with poplar pale, The parting genius is with sighing s^nt ; With flower-inwoven tresses torn...

...; And, wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. The oracles are dumb; No voice, or hideous hum, Runs through the arched...No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-ey'd priest from the prophetic cell. The lonely mountains o'er, And the resounding shore, A voice...

...And, wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swindges the scaly horrour of his folded tail. The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched...No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-ey'd priests from the prophetic cell. The lonely mountains o'er, And the resounding shore, A voice...

...; And, wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched...the resounding shore, A voice of weeping heard and lond lament ; From hannted spring and dale, Edged with poplar pale, The parting Genins is with sighing...

...And wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swindges the scaly horrour of his folded tail. 19. The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched...No nightly trance, or breathed spell Inspires the pale-ey'd priest from the prophetic cell. 20. The lonely mountains o'er, And the resounding shore,...

...; for, from this happy day, The old Dragon, under ground In straiter limits bound, The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched...Delphos leaving. No nightly trance, or breathed spell, [cell. Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic The lonely mountains o'er, And the resounding...

...pieces, the departure of these pretended deities on the eve of the blessed Nativity. " The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched...From haunted spring and dale, Edged with poplar pale, The parting Genius is with sighing sent; With flower-inwoven tresses torn, The Nymphs in twilight shade...