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# Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)/Diamond

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Diamond: (1.) A precious gem (Heb.@yahalom', in allusion to its hardness), otherwise unknown, the sixth, i.e., the third in the second row, in the breastplate of the high priest, with the name of Naphtali engraven on it (Ex. 28:18; 39:11; R.V. marg., "sardonyx.")
(2.) A precious stone (Heb.@shamir', a sharp point) mentioned in Jer. 17:1. From its hardness it was used for cutting and perforating other minerals. It is rendered "adamant" (q.v.) in Ezek. 3:9, Zech. 7:12. It is the hardest and most valuable of precious stones.
# Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)/Dibon

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Dibon : Pining; wasting.
(1.) A city in Moab (Num. 21:30); called also Dibon-gad (33:45), because it was built by Gad and Dimon (Isa. 15:9). It has been identified with the modern Diban, about 3 miles north of the Arnon and 12 miles east of the Dead Sea. (See Moabite Stone.)
(2.) A city of the tribe of Judah, inhabited after the Captivity (Neh. 11:25); called also Dimonah (Josh. 15:22). It is probably the modern ed-Dheib.
# Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)/Dimnah

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Dimnah : Dunghill, a city of Zebulun given to the Merarite Levites (Josh. 21:35). In 1 Chr. 6:77 the name "Rimmon" is substituted.
# Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)/Diana

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Diana: So called by the Romans; called Artemis by the Greeks, the "great" goddess worshipped among heathen nations under various modifications. Her most noted temple was that at Ephesus. It was built outside the city walls, and was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. "First and last it was the work of 220 years; built of shining marble; 342 feet long by 164 feet broad; supported by a forest of columns, each 56 feet high; a sacred museum of masterpieces of sculpture and painting. At the centre, hidden by curtains, within a gorgeous shrine, stood the very ancient image of the goddess, on wood or ebony reputed to have fallen from the sky. Behind the shrine was a treasury, where, as in `the safest bank in Asia,' nations and kings stored their most precious things. The temple as St. Paul saw it subsisted till A.D. 262, when it was ruined by the Goths" (Acts 19:23-41)., Moule on Ephesians: Introd.
# Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)/Dial

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Dial : For the measurement of time, only once mentioned in the Bible, erected by Ahaz (2 Kings 20:11; Isa. 38:8). The Hebrew word (ma'aloth) is rendered "steps" in Ex. 20:26, 1 Kings 10:19, and "degrees" in 2 Kings 20:9, 10, 11. The ma'aloth was probably stairs on which the shadow of a column or obelisk placed on the top fell. The shadow would cover a greater or smaller number of steps, according as the sun was low or high.
Probably the sun-dial was a Babylonian invention. Daniel at Babylon (Dan. 3:6) is the first to make mention of the "hour."
# Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)/Didymus

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Didymus : (Gr. twin = Heb.@Thomas, q.v.), John 11:16; 20:24; 21:2.
# Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)/Dinah

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Dinah : Judged; vindicated, daughter of Jacob by Leah, and sister of Simeon and Levi (Gen. 30:21). She was seduced by Shechem, the son of Hamor, the Hivite chief, when Jacob's camp was in the neighbourhood of Shechem. This led to the terrible revenge of Simeon and Levi in putting the Shechemites to death (Gen. 34). Jacob makes frequent reference to this deed of blood with abhorrence and regret (Gen. 34:30; 49:5-7). She is mentioned among the rest of Jacob's family that went down into Egypt (Gen. 46:8, 15).
# Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)/Diadem

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Diadem : The tiara of a king (Ezek. 21:26; Isa. 28:5; 62:3); the turban (Job 29:14). In the New Testament a careful distinction is drawn between the diadem as a badge of royalty (Rev. 12:3; 13:1; 19:12) and the crown as a mark of distinction in private life. It is not known what the ancient Jewish "diadem" was. It was the mark of Oriental sovereigns. (See [159]CROWN.)
# Elegiac Sonnets, and Other Poems, Volume 2, The Second Edition/Verses on the Death of the same Lady

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ON THE DEATH OF THE SAME LADY, WRITTEN IN SEPTEMBER, 1794.
LIKE a poor ghost the night I seek;  Its hollow winds repeat my sighs; The cold dews mingle on my cheek  With tears that wander from mine eyes.
The thorns that still my couch molest,  Have robb'd these heavy eyes of sleep; But tho' deprived of tranquil rest,  I here at last am free to weep.
Twelve times the moon, that rises red  O'er yon tall wood of shadowy pine, Has fill'd her orb, since low was laid  My Harriet! that sweet form of thine!
While each sad month, as slow it past,  Brought some new sorrow to deplore; Some grief more poignant than the last,  But thou canst calm those griefs no more.
No more thy friendship sooths to rest  This wearied spirit tempest-tost; The cares that weigh upon my breast
 Are doubly felt since thou art lost.
Bright visions of ideal grace  That the young poet's dreams inflame, Were not more lovely than thy face;  Were not more perfect than thy frame.
Wit, that no sufferings could impair,  Was thine, and thine those mental powers Of force to chase the fiends that tear  From Fancy's hands her budding flowers.
O'er what, my angel friend, thou wert,  Dejected Memory loves to mourn; Regretting still that tender heart,  Now withering in a distant urn!
But ere that wood of shadowy pine  Twelve times shall yon full orb behold, This sickening heart, that bleeds for thine,  My Harriet!—may like thine be cold!
# Elegiac Sonnets and Other Poems Volume I/The Partial Muse

The partial Muse has from my earliest hours Smiled on the rugged path I'm doom'd to tread, And still with sportive hand has snatch'd wild flowers, To weave fantastic garlands for my head: But far, far happier is the lot of those Who never learn'd her dear delusive art; Which, while it decks the head with many a rose; Reserves the thorn to fester in the heart. For still the bids of soft Pity's melting eye Stream o'er the ills she knows not to remove, Points every pang, and deepens every sigh Of mourning Friendship, or unhappy Love. Ah! then, how dear the Muse's favours cost, If those paint sorrow best -- who feel is most!
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# Elegiac Sonnets, and Other Poems, Volume 2, The Second Edition/To the Winds

TO THE WINDS.
FIRST PRINTED IN "The Young Philosopher."
Ye vagrant Winds! You clouds that bear Thro' the blue desart of the air,  Soft sailing in the Summer sky, Do e’er your wandering breezes meet, A wretch in misery so complete, So lost as I?
And yet, where’er your pinions wave O'er some lost friend's—some lover's grave,  Surviving sufferers still complain; Some parent of his hopes deprived, Some wretch who has himself survived, Lament in vain.
Blow where ye list on this sad earth, Some soul-corroding care has birth,  And Grief in all her accents speaks; Here dark Dejection groans, and there Wild Phrenzy, daughter of Despair, Unconscious shrieks.
Ah! Were it Death had torn apart The tie that bound him to my heart,  Tho' fatal still the pang would prove; Yet had it soothed this bleeding breast To know, I had till then possest Hillario's love.
And where his dear, dear ashes slept, Long nights and days I then had wept,  Till by slow-mining Grief opprest As Memory fail'd, its vital heat This wayward heart had lost, and beat Itself to rest.
But still Hillario lives, to prove To some more happy maid his love!  Hillario at her feet I see! His voice still murmurs fond desire, Still beam his eyes with lambent fire, But not for me!
Ah! words, my bosom's peace that stole, Ah! Looks, that won my melting soul;  Who dares your dear delusion try, In dreams may all Elysium see, Then undeceiv'd, awake, like me, Awake and die.
Like me, who now abandon'd, lost Roam wildly on the rocky coast,  With eager eyes the sea explore; But hopeless watch and vainly rave, Hillario o'er the western wave Returns no more!
Yet, go forgiven, Hillario go, Such anguish may you never know  As that which checks my labouring breath; Pain so severe not long endures, And I have still my choice of cures, Madness or death.
# Elegiac Sonnets, and Other Poems, Volume 2, The Second Edition/Verses written by the same Lady

WRITTEN BY THE SAME LADY ON SEEING HER TWO SONS AT PLAY.
SWEET age of blest delusion! blooming boys, Ah! revel long in childhood's thoughtless joys, With light and pliant spirits that can stoop To follow, sportively, the rolling hoop; To watch the sleeping top with gay delight, Or mark, with raptured gaze, the sailing kite; Or, eagerly pursuing Pleasure's call, Can find it center'd in the bounding ball! Alas! the day will come, when sports like these Must lose their magic, and their power to please; Too swiftly fled, the rosy hours of youth Shall yield their fairy-charms to mournful Truth;
Even now, a mother's fond prophetic fear Sees the dark train of human ills appear; Views various fortune for each lovely child, Storms for the bold, and anguish for the mild; Beholds already those expressive eyes Beam a sad certainty of future sighs; And dreads each suffering those dear breasts may know In their long passage through a world of woe; Perchance predestined every pang to prove, That treacherous friends inflict, or faithless love; For, ah! how few have found existence sweet, Where grief is sure, but happiness deceit!
# Elegiac Sonnets and Other Essays The Second Edition
## Contents

Sonnet I - (The Partial Muse) Sonnet II - Written at the Close of Spring Sonnet III - To a Nightingale Sonnet IV - To the Moon Sonnet V - To the South Downs Sonnet VI - To Hope Sonnet VII - On The Departure of the Nightingale Sonnet VIII - To Spring Sonnet IX - (Blest is Yon Shepherd) Sonnet X - To Sleep Chanson Imitation The Origin of Flattery From Petrarch (Loose to the Wind) From Petrarch (Where the Green Leaves) From Petrarch (Ye Vales and Woods) Supposed to be written by Werter (Go, Cruel Tyrant) Supposed to be written by Werter (To Solitude) Supposed to be written by Werter (Make There My Tomb)
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# Elegiac Sonnets and Other Poems Volume I
## Published in the First Edition (1784)

Sonnet I - (The Partial Muse)
Sonnet II - Written at the Close of Spring
Sonnet III - To a Nightingale
Sonnet IV - To the Moon
Sonnet V - To the South Downs
Sonnet VI - To Hope
Sonnet VII - On The Departure of the Nightingale
Sonnet VIII - To Spring
Sonnet IX - (Blest is Yon Shepherd)
Sonnet X - To Sleep
Chanson
Imitation
The Origin of Flattery
From Petrarch (Loose to the Wind)
From Petrarch (Where the Green Leaves)
From Petrarch (Ye Vales and Woods)
Supposed to be written by Werter (Go, Cruel Tyrant)
Supposed to be written by Werter (To Solitude)
Supposed to be written by Werter (Make There My Tomb)

## Published in the Third Edition (1786)

Sonnet X - To Mrs. G.
Sonnet XII - Written on the Sea Shore
Sonnet XIII - From Petrarch (Oh! Place Me Where the Burning Noon)
Sonnet XVII - From the Thirteenth Cantata of Metastasio
Sonnet XVIII - To the Earl of Egremont
Sonnet XIX - To Mr. Hayley
Sonnet XX - To the Countess of A --
Sonnet XXIII - To The North Star
Sonnet XXV - Just Before His Death
Sonnet XXVI - To the River Arun (On the Wild Banks)
Sonnet XXVII - (Yon Little Troop)
Sonnet XXVIII - To Friendship
Sonnet XXIX - To Miss C --
Sonnet XXX - To the River Arun (Be the Proud Thames)
Sonnet XXXI - Written in Farm Wood
Sonnet XXXII - To Melancholy
Sonnet XXXIII - To the Naiad of the Arun
Sonnet XXXIV - To a Friend
Sonnet XXXV - To Fortitude
Sonnet XXXVI - (The Lone Wanderer)

## Published in the Fifth Edition (1789)

Sonnet XXXVII - Sent to the Honorable Mrs. O'Neill, with painted flowers
Sonnet XXXVIII - From the Novel of Emmeline
Sonnet XXXIX - To Night
Sonnet XL - (Far on the Sands)
Sonnet XLI - To Tranquillity
Sonnet XLII - Composed during a walk on the Downs
Sonnet XLIII - (The Unhappy Exile)
Sonnet XLIV - Written in the church-yard at Middleton in Sussex
Sonnet XLV - On leaving a part of Sussex
Sonnet XLVI - Written at Penshurst
Sonnet XLVII - To Fancy
Sonnet XLVIII - To Mrs. ****
Ode to Despair
Elegy
Song (From The French of Cardinal Bernis)

## Published in the Sixth Edition (1792)

Sonnet XLIX - Supposed to Have Been Written in a Church-Yard, Over the Grave of a Young Woman of Nineteen
Sonnet L - (Farewell, ye lawns!)
Sonnet LI - Supposed to Have Been Written in the Hebrides
Sonnet LII - The Pilgrim
Sonnet LIII - The Laplander
Sonnet LIV - The Sleeping Woodman
Sonnet LV - The Return of the Nightingale
Sonnet LVI - The Captive escaped in the Wilds of America
Sonnet LVII - To Dependence
Sonnet LVIII - The Glow-worm
Sonnet LIX - Written During a Remarkable Thunder Storm
The Peasant of the Alps
Song (Does Pity Give)
Thirty-eight
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# Elegiac Sonnets and Other Poems Volume I/To a Nightingale

Poor melancholy bird -- that all night long Tell'st to the Moon thy tale of tender woe; From what sad cause can such sweet sorrow flow, And whence this mournful melody of song? Thy poet's musing fancy would translate What mean the sounds that swell thy little breast, When still at dewy eve thou leavest thy nest, Thus to the listening Night to sing thy fate? Pale Sorrow's victims wert thou once among, Tho' now released in woodlands wild to rove? Say -- hast thou felt from friends some cruel wrong, Or died'st thou -- martyr of disastrous love? Ah! longstress sad! that such my lot might be, To sigh, and sign at liberty -- like thee!
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# Elegiac Sonnets, and Other Poems, Volume 2, The Second Edition/Verses

See notes
VERSES.
SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN WRITTEN IN THE NEW FOREST, IN EARLY SPRING.
AS in the woods, where leathery lichen weaves Its wint'ry web among the sallow leaves, Which (thro' cold months in whirling eddies blown) Decay beneath the branches once their own, From the brown shelter of their foliage sear, Spring the young blooms that lead the floral year: When, waked by vernal suns, the Pilewort dares Expand her spotted leaves, and shining stars; And (veins empurpling all her tassels pale) Bends the soft Wind-flower in the tepid gale; Uncultured bells of azure Jacinths blow, And the breeze-scenting Violet lurks below
So views the wanderer, with delighted eyes, Reviving hopes from black despondence rise, When, blighted by Adversity's chill breath, Those hopes had felt a temporary death; Then with gay heart he looks to future hours, When Love shall dress for him the Summer bowers! And, as delicious dreams enchant his mind, Forgets his sorrows past, or gives them to the wind.
# Elegiac Sonnets and Other Poems Volume I/To Sleep

Come balmy Sleep! tired Nature's soft resort! On these sad temples all thy poppies shed; And bid gay dreams from Morpheus' airy court, Float in light vision round my aching head! Secure of all thy blessings, partial Power! On his hard bed the peasant throws him down; And the poor sea boy, in the rudest hour, Enjoys thee more than he who wears a crown. Clasped in her faithful shepherd's guardian arms, Well may the village girl sweet slumbers prove, And they, O gentle Sleep! still taste thy charms, Who wake to labor, liberty and love. But still thy opiate aid dost thou deny To calm the anxious breast; to close the streaming eye.
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# Elegiac Sonnets and Other Poems Volume I/Written at the Close of Spring

The garlands fade that Spring so lately wove, Each simple flower which she had nursed in dew, Anemonies, that spangled every grove, The primrose wan, and hare-bell mildly blue. No more shall violets linger in the dell, Or purple orchis variegate the plain, Till Spring again shall call forth every bell, And dress with humid hands her wreaths again.-- Ah! poor Humanity! so frail, so fair, Are the fond visions of they early day, Till tyrant Passion, and corrosive Care, Bid all thy fairy colours fade away! Another May new buds and flowers shall bring; Ah! why has happiness -- no second Spring?
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# Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)/Alms

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Alms, not found in the Old Testament, but repeatedly in the New. The Mosaic legislation (Leviticus 25:35; Deuteronomy 15:7) tended to promote a spirit of charity, and to prevent the occurrence of destitution among the people. Such passages as these, Psalms 41:1; 112:9; Proverbs 14:31; Isaiah 10:2; Amos 2:7; Jeremiah 5:28; Ezekiel 22:29, would also naturally foster the same benevolent spirit.
In the time of our Lord begging was common (Mark 10:46; Acts 3:2). The Pharisees were very ostentatious in their almsgivings (Matthew 6:2). The spirit by which the Christian ought to be actuated in this duty is set forth in 1 John 3:17. A regard to the state of the poor and needy is enjoined as a Christian duty (Luke 3:11; 6:30; Matthew 6:1; Acts 9:36; 10:2,4), a duty which was not neglected by the early Christians (Luke 14:13; Acts 20:35; Galatians 2:10; Romans 15:25-27; 1 Corinthians 16:1-4). They cared not only for the poor among themselves, but contributed also to the necessities of those at a distance (Acts 11:29; 24:17; 2co. 9:12). Our Lord and his attendants showed an example also in this (John 13:29).
In modern times the "poor-laws" have introduced an element which modifies considerably the form in which we may discharge this Christian duty.
# Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)/Alliance

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Alliance, Abraham formed an alliance with some of the Canaanitish princes (Genesis 14:13), also with Abimelech (21:22-32). Joshua and the elders of Israel entered into an alliance with the Gibeonites (Joshua 9:3-27). When the Israelites entered Palestine they were forbidden to enter into alliances with the inhabitants of the country (Leviticus 18:3,4; 20:22,23).
Solomon formed a league with Hiram (1 Kings 5:12). This "brotherly covenant" is referred to 250 years afterwards (Amos 1:9). He also appears to have entered into an alliance with Pharaoh (1 Kings 10:28,29).
In the subsequent history of the kingdoms of Judah and Israel various alliances were formed between them and also with neighbouring nations at different times.
From patriarchal times a covenant of alliance was sealed by the blood of some sacrificial victim. The animal sacrificed was cut in two (except birds), and between these two parts the persons contracting the alliance passed (Genesis 15:10). There are frequent allusions to this practice (Jeremiah 34:18). Such alliances were called "covenants of salt" (Numbers 18:19; 2Chr 13:5), salt being the symbol of perpetuity. A pillar was set up as a memorial of the alliance between Laban and Jacob (Genesis 31:52). The Jews throughout their whole history attached great importance to fidelity to their engagements. Divine wrath fell upon the violators of them (Joshua 9:18; 2Sam 21:1,2; Ezek. 17:16).