THE SACRIFICE OF ELIJAH.
The daylight had faded and evening came on,
Behind the bright ocean-wave rested the sun;
Tired nature had quietly fallen asleep,
While night threw her pall o'er the land and the deep.
Behind the bright ocean-wave rested the sun;
Tired nature had quietly fallen asleep,
While night threw her pall o'er the land and the deep.
The prophets of Baal, grown weary and faint,
Had breathed to each other their fruitless complaint;
Now foaming in madness, wild curses they poured
On idols whose aid they had vainly implored.
Had breathed to each other their fruitless complaint;
Now foaming in madness, wild curses they poured
On idols whose aid they had vainly implored.
In silence unbroken, night's sentinels kept
Their watch, while beneath them grove, hill, valley slept;
Bird, leaflet, and blossom had sunk to their rest,
And care was forgot in the sufferer's breast.
Their watch, while beneath them grove, hill, valley slept;
Bird, leaflet, and blossom had sunk to their rest,
And care was forgot in the sufferer's breast.
A sound through the stillness is borne on the air,
'Tis the voice of Elijah uplifted in prayer:
"O God of our fathers! in mercy give ear,
That Thy name may be known to the heathen, appear."
'Tis the voice of Elijah uplifted in prayer:
"O God of our fathers! in mercy give ear,
That Thy name may be known to the heathen, appear."
