 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
 | Esther Copley - 1839 - 674 pages
...expressions of patriotism and piety from the captive Jews : — "By the rirers 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... | |
 | Hobart Caunter - 1839 - 590 pages
...psalm, a composition of exquisite tenderness and beauty. 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 long; And they that wasted us required... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 pages
...glance of the Lord'. SECTION XI. Psalm 137. BY the rivers of Babylon', there we sat down': yea', vr» wept when we remembered Zion'. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof: for there', they that carried us away captive', demanded of us a song'; and they that wasted us', required... | |
 | Miscellaneous extracts - 1839 - 358 pages
...WEEPING WILLOW. (Salix Babylonia). (BIBUE TRANSLATION). By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the Willows that grew in the midst thereof. — Psalm, cxxxvii. 1, 2. The Salix Sabylonica, that is the Willow... | |
 | Maria Baldwin - 1839 - 364 pages
...WEEPING WILLOW. (Salix Babylonia). (BIBLE TRANSLATION). By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the Willows that grew in the midst thereof.— Psalm, cxxxvii. 1, 2. The Salix Babylonica, that is the Willow of... | |
 | Henry Bacon - 1840 - 228 pages
...busy in uttering the consciousness of the past ; — " 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... | |
 | William Rhind - 1841 - 756 pages
...to a willow tree to make him a garland, as being forsaken." It is probable that under those trees, the children of Israel mourned their captivity. "By...our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof." — /'•'•<•-. The salii herbacca, which is not a herbaceous plant, as the name would imply, but... | |
 | 1846 - 446 pages
...affectingly illustrative of their sorrows and sufferings. '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... | |
 | Thomas Hirst - 1841 - 380 pages
...add strength to its powerful appeal to our sympathies? "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... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1841 - 388 pages
...Babylon. I use their own pensive and beautiful language. " 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... | |
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