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A CHRISTIAN ROMANCE. 533<br />

"and his name is honourable, and his memorial<br />

"shall be upon earth. His strength was mighty<br />

"like that of a lion, and at his terrible roarings<br />

"the sea was moved, and the abyss was poured<br />

"out, and nations were conquered by him, and<br />

"kings submitted unto him, and governors bowed<br />

"low before him, and mountains burst into flame,<br />

"and fiends and devils worshipped and were sealed<br />

"with the name of his Lord. God Almighty was<br />

"the light on his path and the Country of Darkness<br />

"terrified him not; [he marched on] until he entered<br />

"into the promised land. He found the living<br />

"ones who never taste death and made a cove-<br />

"nant with them, and then he returned to his<br />

"own land and abolished the priests of false gods,<br />

"and slew those who used divination, and blotted<br />

"out the sorcerers and the workers of magic.<br />

"What man born of a woman, who hath lived<br />

"before thee can be found like unto thee, O my son<br />

"<strong>Alexander</strong>.'' He turned not away his face from<br />

"the enemy until he had broken the power of<br />

"the foe, and there was never a [p. 336] time<br />

"when a man could say of him, 'He is vanquished;'<br />

"for he conquered always by the power of God<br />

"Almighty his Lord. With what words, now, shall<br />

"I weep for my son? Is it in question of his<br />

"handsome form? There was no beauty like unto<br />

"his. His eyes were bright and shining like lamps The lament<br />

"in the darkness, and his figure was straight like°g.<br />

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"a palm; there was nothing whatsoever unsightly<br />

"in his members, and there was nothing at all

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