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" For they that led us away captive, required of us then a song, and melody in our heaviness : Sing us one of the songs of Sion. 4 How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land? "
Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain ... - Page 1511
by John Claudius Loudon - 1838 - 2693 pages
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The Psalms of David: Printed from the Book of Common Prayer

1848 - 246 pages
...27 O give thanks unto the Lord of lords : for his mercy endureth for ever. PSALM 137. Super Jlumina. BY the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept: when we remembered thee, O Sion. 2 As for our harps, we hanged them up : upon the trees that are therein. 3 For they that led us away...
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The Wounded Soldier's Dream; the Irish Emigrant; Prince Charlie; and Other Poems

Thomas Austin (of Bristol, the Elder, F.G.S.) - 1848 - 162 pages
...grief we feel for those who fell, And long in memory may they dwell, Revered each name. HEBREW MELODY. "By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept: when we remembered thee, O Sion."—Psalm 137. When we sat down and wept by Babylon's stream, And thought of our own belov'd Sion...
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The Orwell Reader: Fiction, Essays, and Reportage

George Orwell - Authors, English - 1956 - 484 pages
..."Well, I suppose we'll get that bloody tea this time tomorrow." Mr. Tallboys (chanting, reminiscently): "By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, when we remembered thee, O Zion! . . ." Dorothy: "Oh, this cold, this cold!" Snouter: "Well, I don't do no more starries this...
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Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society, Volume 1

Essex (England) - 1858 - 332 pages
...recollect how the Psalmist describes the Jews lamenting their captivity in the same pensive posture:— " By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, when we remembered thee, 0 Sion !" And we call to mind, too, the still more remarkable fact, that Judaea herself is represented...
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BCP Parish Ecomony Edition Red

BCP7205 - Religion - 1984 - 1042 pages
...endures for ever. Give thanks to the God of heaven, * for his mercy endures for ever. Super flumina By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, * when we remembered you, O Zion. As for our harps, we hung them up * on the trees in the midst of that land. For those...
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Book of Common Worship, Daily Prayer

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Ministry Theology - Religion - 1993 - 532 pages
...us your blessing; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. I6521 PSALM 137 Tone 8; PH 245, 246; PS 140 1 By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, * when we remembered you, O Zion. 2 As for our harps, we hung them up * on the trees in the midst of that land. 3 For those...
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The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion

LindaJo H. McKim - Religion - 1993 - 436 pages
...indicates where the next voice is to enter. An alternate version of the text is also popular: By the flood of Babylon, we sat down and wept, when we remembered thee, O Zion. The melody-only hymn is especially appropriate for children and youth. 246 By the Babylonian...
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Collected Works

Stephen Jenks - Music - 1995 - 482 pages
...symbolism of the lyre and harp in representations of King David and other Biblical musicians. 163. "By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept when we remembered thee, O Sion. As for our harps, we hanged them up upon the trees that are therein." (Book of Common Prayer.) 164....
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The Romance of the Word: One Man's Love Affair with Theology : Three Books

Robert Farrar Capon - Philosophy - 1995 - 388 pages
...fresh springs are in thee." And when the captivity comes, the love only grows greater in the loss: "By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, when we remembered thee, O Sion. If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let...
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The Political Writings of St. Augustine

Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine, Dino Bigongiari - Religion - 1996 - 388 pages
...hymn is meet in Sion, and to Thee shall the vow be performed in Jerusalem. But to-day we have sung, By the waters of Babylon we sat down and •wept, when we remembered Sion. Observe, that in the former it is said, For Thee, O God, a hymn is meet in Sion; but here, By...
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