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THE JEWISH CAPTIVE'S SONG, by                    
First Line: Gone is thine hour of might
Last Line: O'er the scattering of their race.
Subject(s): Death; Jews; Judah (bible); Dead, The; Judaism


GONE is thine hour of might,
Zion, and fallen art thou;
Thy temple's sacred height
Is desecrated now.
That I should live to see
The ruins of that dome,
And Judah's children be,
Bondsmen, and slaves to Rome,
When I saw heaven's wrath descending,
Why 'scap'd I from the grave,
While thousands died defending
The shrine they could not save;
But bless'd are those who sleep
In their quiet resting place,
That they did not live to weep
O'er the scattering of their race.





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