The book of sacred song . modern: deceased writers. 181 Draws lightnings down upon the headIt promised to defend. But Thou art true, incarnate Lord! Who didst vouchsafe for man to die;Thy smile is sure, Thy plighted word No change can falsify! I bent before Thy gracious throne, And askM for peace on suppliant knee; And peace was given,—nor peace alone,But faith, sublimed to ecstasy ! Wordsworth. BEHOLD, YOUR HOUSE IS LEFT UNTO YOUDESOLATE/ ]ALLEN is thy throne, O Israel!Silence is oer thy plains;Thy dwellings all lie desolate,Thy children weep in are the dews that fed thee On Etha
The book of sacred song . modern: deceased writers. 181 Draws lightnings down upon the headIt promised to defend. But Thou art true, incarnate Lord! Who didst vouchsafe for man to die;Thy smile is sure, Thy plighted word No change can falsify! I bent before Thy gracious throne, And askM for peace on suppliant knee; And peace was given,—nor peace alone,But faith, sublimed to ecstasy ! Wordsworth. BEHOLD, YOUR HOUSE IS LEFT UNTO YOUDESOLATE/ ]ALLEN is thy throne, O Israel!Silence is oer thy plains;Thy dwellings all lie desolate,Thy children weep in are the dews that fed thee On Ethams barren shore ?That fire from heaven which led thee,Now lights thy path no l8z THE BOOK OF SACRED SONG. Lord ! Thou didst love Jerusalem, Once she was all Thy own;Her love Thy fairest heritage, ? Her power Thy glorys throne :Till evil came and blighted Thy long-loved olive-tree;And Salems shrines were lighted For other gods than Thee ! Then sunk the star of Solyma; Then passd her glorys day;Like heath that, in the wilderness, The wild wind whirls and waste her bowers, Where once the mighty trod,And sunk those guilty towers, While Baal reignd as God ! Go, said the Lord, €€ ye conquerors! Steep in her blood your swords,And rase to earth her battlements, For they are not the Lords !Till Sions mournful daughter Oer kindred bones shall tread,And Hinnoms vale of slaughter Shall hide but half her dead ! * Moore.
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