 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,...  English Trees & Tree Planting - Page 371by William H. Ablett - 1880Full view - About this book
 | John Hoyland - 1816 - 432 pages
...themselves is pathctically sct forth in the 137th Psalm : " By the rivers of Bab;. Ion, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thercof. For they that carried us away captive, required of us a song ; and they that wasted us, required... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1819 - 758 pages
...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 harps upon the willows, in the midst thereof; for there they that carried us away captive, required of us a song, saying, sing us one of the songs... | |
 | Richard Carlile - 1820 - 660 pages
...studiously aggravated the language. " By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when Tire remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive lequired of us a song; and they that wasted us required... | |
 | Hosea Ballou - 1822 - 362 pages
...deluded captive as set forth iM|Psaltn cxxxvii. 1 — 4. " By the rivers of Babylon there we set down ; yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried ua away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us, required... | |
 | 1822 - 500 pages
...and that they are those of which we should have thought, had we been children of Jerusalem and of the captivity. " By the rivers of Babylon there we sat...our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof." Far from their beloved Jerusalem, in a strange land, they sat down. They remembered former days. They... | |
 | Henry Phillips - 1823 - 352 pages
...pathetically expressed in the following beautiful lines : " 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. The Jews were commanded by the Levitical laws, to keep the festival of the new moon... | |
 | 1875 - 350 pages
...read aloud the following verses of the i37th Psalm : " 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. ... If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee,... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1824 - 420 pages
...Babylon, which did not happen till that distance of time. "By the rivers of Babylon we tat down ; yea, me wept when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows, in the midst thereof ; for there they tliat carried MS away captive, required of us a song, saying, sing us one of the tongs... | |
 | Elizabeth Kent (botanist.) - 1825 - 466 pages
...oldest times, to have been dedicated to grief: under them the children of Israel seem to have lamented their captivity : " By the rivers of Babylon, there...our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof." Psalms. The ancient Britons used boats made of wicker covered with skins, for passing rivers and arms... | |
 | William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...from the oldest times, to have been dedicated to grief; under them the children of Israel lamented their captivity : — " By the rivers of Babylon,...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 Britain's... | |
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