 IN pious times, ere priestcraft did begin, Before polygamy was made a sin, When man on many multiplied his kind, Ere one to one was cursedly confined, When nature prompted and no law denied Promiscuous use of concubine and bride, Then Israel's monarch...  Notes - Page 16by John Stuart Blackie - 1866Full view - About this book
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 382 pages
...polygamy was made a sin ; When man on many multiplied his kind, Ere one to one was cursedly confin'd, When Nature prompted, and no law denied Promiscuous use of concubine and bride; Then Israel's monarch, after Heaven's awo heair, His vigorous warmth did variously impart To wives... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 476 pages
...was made a sin ; When man on many multiplied his kind, Ere one to one was cursedly confined ; When nature prompted, and no law denied, Promiscuous use of concubine and bride ; Then Israel's monarch * after heaven's own heart, His vigorous warmth did variously impart To wives... | |
 | John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 482 pages
...was made a sin ; When man on many multiplied his kind, Ere one to one was cursedly confined ; When nature prompted, and no law denied, Promiscuous use of concubine and bride ; Then Israel's monarch * after heaven's own heart, His vigorous warmth did variously impart To wives... | |
 | 1809 - 402 pages
...a sin ; '•'. liui man on many multiplied his kind, Ere one to one was cursedly confined ! tt'hen nature prompted, and no law denied Promiscuous use of concubine and bride; Then Israel's monarch, after Heaven's own heart, Mis rigorous warmth did variously impart To «ites... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 410 pages
...polygamy was made a sin ; When man on many multiplied his kind, Ere one to one was cursedly confin'd, When Nature prompted, and no law denied Promiscuous use of concubine and bride ; Then Israel's monarch, after Heaven's own heart, His vigorous warmth did variously impart To wives... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 314 pages
...was made a sin ; When man on many multiplied his kind, Ere one to one was cursedly confined ; When Nature prompted, and no law denied Promiscuous use of concubine and bride; Then Israel's monarch, after Heaven's own heart, His vigorous warmth did variously impart To wives... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 482 pages
...was made a sin ; When man on many multiplied his kind, Ere one to one was cursedly confined ; When nature prompted, and no law denied, Promiscuous use of concubine and bride; Then Israel's monarch after heaven's own heart, Hia vigorous warmth did variously impart To wives and... | |
 | Census office - 1854 - 236 pages
...POLYGAMY nas made a sin; When man on many multiplied his kind, Ere one to one r as cursedly covfned ; When nature prompted, and no law denied Promiscuous use of concubine and bride; Then Israel's monarch after Heaven's own heart, His vigorous warmth did variously impart To \vives... | |
 | Great Britain. Census Office - Great Britain - 1854 - 234 pages
...ims made a sin; When man on many multiplied his kind, Ere one to one u~as cursedly confned ; "When nature prompted, and no law denied Promiscuous use of concubine and bride ; Then Israel's monarch after Heaven's own heart, His vigorous warmth did variously impart To wives... | |
 | English periodicals - 1863 - 612 pages
...polygamy was made a sin ; When man on many multiplied his kind, Ere one to one was cursedly confmed ; When nature prompted, and no law denied Promiscuous use of concubine and bride ; Then Israel's monarch after Heaven's own heart, His vigorous warmth did variously impart To wives... | |
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