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By Babylon’s proud stream we sate, And tears gushed quick from every eye, When our own Zion’s fallen state Came rushing to our memory; And there, the willow-groves among, Sorrowing, our silent harps we hung. For there our tyrants in their pride, Bade Judah raise the exulting strain, And our remorseless spoilers cried, “Come breathe your native hymns again.” Oh, how in stranger climes can we Pour forth Jehovah’s melody? When thou, loved Zion, art forgot, Let this unworthy hand decay; When Salem is remembered not, Mute be these guilty lips for aye! Yea, if in transport’s livelier thrill, Thou, Zion, art not dearer still!
By Babylon’s proud stream we sate, And tears gushed quick from every eye, When our own Zion’s fallen state Came rushing to our memory; And there, the willow-groves among, Sorrowing, our silent harps we hung. For there our tyrants in their pride, Bade Judah raise the exulting strain, And our remorseless spoilers cried, “Come breathe your native hymns again.” Oh, how in stranger climes can we Pour forth Jehovah’s melody? When thou, loved Zion, art forgot, Let this unworthy hand decay; When Salem is remembered not, Mute be these guilty lips for aye! Yea, if in transport’s livelier thrill, Thou, Zion, art not dearer still!
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Thomas Dale (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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Page 706 · printed citation: Thomas Dale · subject: ZION
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