NOTES. 1.66 Duart, of bold Clan-Gillian's strain." Lord of the Isles. 2 "As if her veins ran lightning." BYRON. 3 "When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes." Gen. xvi. 4. "The angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction. And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him." Gen. xvi. 9-12. "And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight, because of his son." Gen. xxi. 11. • "And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!" Gen. xvii. 18. 7" And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had borne unto Abraham, mocking." Gen. xxi. 9. "The water was spent in the bottle." Gen. xxi. 15. "She went, and sat her down over against him, a good way off, as it were a bow-shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child." Gen. xxi. 16. 10" She called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me. Wherefore the well was called Beer-la-haï-roi." 'Puteum viventis et videntis.' POOLE's Synops. Gen. xvi. 13, 14. ""What aileth thee Hagar? fear not! for God hath heard the voice of the lad, where he is: Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand, for I will make him a great nation." Gen. xxi. 17, 18; xvi. 10; xvii. 20. Gen. 12 "God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink." xxi. 19. 13"He grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer; and he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran.” Gen. xxi. 20, 21. 14 "There were great voices in heaven saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ." Rev. xi. 15. 15 "The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them, and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose." Isaiah xxxv. 1. 16 "The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. He shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba." Ps. lxxii. 10, 15. 17 66 ... Which things are an allegory. . for this Agar, is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children." Gal. iv. 24, 25. An Introduction was prefixed to this Poem when it was sent in to the Examiners, which the Editors have suppressed because it had no connexion with the subject of the Poem, and referred to events of the day of a political character. There is reason for supposing that on this account the prize was not adjudged to it. No prize was given in this year. |