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BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON WE SAT DOWN AND WEPT.
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We sate down and wept by the watersOf Babel, and thought of the day
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Made Salem's high places his prey;
And Ye, oh her desolate daughters!
Were scattered all weeping away.
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While sadly we gazed on the riverWhich rolled on in freedom below,
They demanded the song; but, oh never
That triumph the Stranger shall know!
May this right hand be withered for ever,
Ere it string our high harp for the foe!
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On the willow that harp is suspended,Oh Salem! its sound should be free;
And the hour when thy glories were ended
But left me that token of thee:
And ne'er shall its soft tones be blended
With the voice of the Spoiler by me!
Jan. 15, 1813.
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