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FALLEN IS THY THRONE.

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(Air.—Martini.)

Fall'n is thy Throne, oh Israel!
Silence is o'er thy plains;
Thy dwellings all lie desolate,
Thy children weep in chains.
Where are the dews that fed thee
On Etham's barren shore?
That fire from Heaven which led thee,
Now lights thy path no more.
Lord! thou didst love Jerusalem—
Once she was all thy own;
Her love thy fairest heritage ,
Her power thy glory's throne .
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Till evil came, and blighted
Thy long-lov'd olive-tree ;—
And Salem's shrines were lighted
For other gods than Thee.
Then sunk the star of Solyma—
Then pass'd her glory's day,
Like heath that, in the wilderness ,
The wild wind whirls away.
Silent and waste her bowers,
Where once the mighty trod,
And sunk those guilty towers,
While Baal reign'd as God.
“Go”—said the Lord—“Ye Conquerors!
“Steep in her blood your swords,
“And raze to earth her battlements ,
“For they are not the Lord's.
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“Till Zion's mournful daughter
“O'er kindred bones shall tread,
“And Hinnom's vale of slaughter
“Shall hide but half her dead!”
 

“I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly-beloved of my soul into the hands of her enemies.” —Jeremiah, xii. 7.

“Do not disgrace the throne of thy glory.” —Jer. xiv. 21. IV.

“The Lord called thy name a green olive-tree; fair and of goodly fruit,” &c. —Jer. xi. 16.

“For he shall be like the heath in the desert.” —Jer. xvii. 6.

“Take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord's.” —Jer. v. 10.

“Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter; for they shall bury in Tophet till there be no place.” —Jer vii. 32.

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