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Jerusalem! alas! alas! of old, Deaf to whate’er prophetic seers foretold, Assailing all, whom Heaven, in mercy sent And murdering those that warned thee to repent! Thou, the world’s Saviour who suspendedst high, His works reviled, and mocked His agony, How oft hath God, still gracious, striven to bring Thy devious brood beneath His sheltering wing, To save thee from the hovering eagle’s power, And shield the unequalled misery of this hour! But no! thou would’st not! thence this signal fate! Thence art thou fallen! deserted! desolate!
Jerusalem! alas! alas! of old, Deaf to whate’er prophetic seers foretold, Assailing all, whom Heaven, in mercy sent And murdering those that warned thee to repent! Thou, the world’s Saviour who suspendedst high, His works reviled, and mocked His agony, How oft hath God, still gracious, striven to bring Thy devious brood beneath His sheltering wing, To save thee from the hovering eagle’s power, And shield the unequalled misery of this hour! But no! thou would’st not! thence this signal fate! Thence art thou fallen! deserted! desolate!
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- William Gibson (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 328 · printed citation: William Gibson · subject: JERUSALEM
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