Synopsis

On the next morrow,--as by Voice Divine Commanded,--before Pharaoh Moses stood, And sternly spake. ``Well know I all thy thoughts, O king; and how the tongues of wicked men Have counselled thee to slay me. Not the less, Here do I stand before thee; fearing not What man shall say, or do; for, in God's hands Are all things; and His will alone shall be, In heaven and earth. Plain speech must now be mine; Heeding not kingly state, when kingly faith Is all forgotten. With most solemn word,-- So I the Lord would pray that plague to end,-- Didst thou to Israel promise, they should go