BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth,... Some Southern Questions - Página 190por William Alexander MacCorkle - 1908 - 318 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| William Hone - 1868 - 846 páginas
...the children of Israel lamented their captivity : — " By the rivers of Babyor, there we sat down, yea, we wept when we remembered Zion : we hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof/' • The wicker-baskets made by our forefathers are the subject of an epigram by Martial : — " From... | |
| William Hone - 1826 - 882 páginas
...the children of Israel lamented their captivity : — " By the rivers of Babyon, there we sat down, yea, we wept when we remembered Zion : we hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof." * The wicker-baskets made by our forefathers are the subject of an epigram by Martial : — " From... | |
| William Hone - 1826 - 892 páginas
...the children of Israel lamented their captivity :— " Ну the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept when we remembered Zion : we hanged our harps upon tlie willows in the midst thereof.'* The wicker-baskets made by our forefathers are the subject of... | |
| Thomas Paine - 1827 - 186 páginas
...Babylon, which did not happen till that distance of time. " By the rivers of Babylon we sat down ; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion . We hanged our...that carried us away captive, required of us a song, saying, sing ua one of the songs of Zion." As a man would say to an American, or to a Frenchman, or... | |
| 1827 - 396 páginas
...more tender and moving, than that feeling lamentation, " By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down ; yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion ; we hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof." The Jewish Rabbins enumerate five things, in which the second, was inferior to the first Temple. The... | |
| Samuel Parr, John Johnstone - 1828 - 734 páginas
...them, their children also shall sit upon thy throne for evermore." Again, the 137th Psalm, verse 3—" For there they that carried us away captive required...required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion." The foregoing examples will assist your memory, and, I hope, convince your judgment upon the... | |
| Samuel Parr, John Johnstone - 1828 - 738 páginas
...their children also shall sit upon thy throne for evermore." Again, the 137th Psalm, verse 3 — " For there they that carried us away captive required...required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion." The foregoing examples will assist your memory, and, I hope, convince your judgment upon the... | |
| Timothy East - 1828 - 246 páginas
...Him who had cast her lot in u more pleasant heritage. " By the rivers of Babvlon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof." No sound was to be heard but that of the church-going bell, calling the people of the village and the... | |
| 1822 - 688 páginas
...sons and daughters of Jerusalem. Verses 1, and 2. — " By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof." I have already remarked that poetry is the language of emotion ; and the emotions here described are... | |
| Robert Mignan - 1829 - 378 páginas
...which the daughters of Israel hung their harps and wept. " By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion: we hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof." Psalm cxxxvii. ver. 1,2. This is the woful lamentation of one of the Jewish captives of Babylon, either... | |
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