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LAMENT OF THE DAUGHTERS OF ZION, by                    
First Line: Away from our land
Last Line: J. F.
Subject(s): Immigrants; Jews; Lament; Zionism; Emigrant; Emigration; Immigration; Judaism


A WAY from our land,
Away from our home,
A sad captive band,
'Mong strangers we roam.

Away from our hills,
We are sundered apart,
And the clear crystal rills
Enshrined in our heart.

And Lebanon's palm trees
'Neath the purple domed skies,
And the sweet scented breeze
That wafted our sighs!

Away from the dew
On the hill terraced lines,
Where the pale olive grew
And the purple clad vines.

For past is that grandeur,
The glory and fame;
And faded the splendour
Of Judah's great name.

Dark was the hour,
And fierce was the blow,
That shattered our power
In a whirlwind of woe.

The days that are born
In sorrow, we pine;
In sadness we mourn,
For Salem's fair shrine.

But the Lord will again
Gather us round;
And Judah will reign
With vict'ry crowned.

On the wings of the breeze,
O'er mountain and mead,
Far o'er the seas
The tidings will speed.

And from the ends of the world
The lowly and proud,
With their banners unfurled,
The nations will crowd.

In Glory revealed
This song they'll raise;
The Lord is our shield.
The Lord is our Praise.
J. F.





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