 | Church of England, Sir John Bayley - 1816 - 738 pages
...ever. 27 О give thanks unto the Lord of lords : for his mercy endureth for ever. Psalm cxxxvii. (/') BY the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept : when we remembered thee, O Sion. 2 As for our harps, we hanged tachment to Jerusalem, and calling for vengeance upon their enemies.... | |
 | Robert Lowth (bp. of London.) - 1816 - 478 pages
...thisfigure. " The Psalmist describes the Jews lamenting' their cap" tivity in the same pensive posture : ' By the waters of " Babylon we sat down and wept when we remembered " thee, 0 Sion.'' But what is more remarkable, weJind " Judea represented as a woman in sorrow sitting' on... | |
 | 1818 - 424 pages
...27 0 give thanks unto the Lord of lords; for his mercy endureth for ever. Psalm 137. Super flumina, 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... | |
 | Charles Phillips - 1818 - 356 pages
...surely I am not a wanderer ; neither am I in a land of strangers. LINES WRITTEN IN A LEAF OF THE BOOK. e waters of Babylon we sat down, and wept when we remembered thee, O Sion !" — — Carolan, thy happy love No jealous doubts, no pang can prove ; Thy generous Lord is kind... | |
 | Francis Dukinfield Astley - Fore-edge painting - 1819 - 216 pages
...widow'd isle, And soothes the pang an angel's flight had given! PSALM AND HYMNS. I. PSALM CXXXVII. " By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, when we remembered thee, O Sion!" 1. ON thy banks, O Euphrates, near Babylon's stream, Reclining, we wept in deep silence and grief;... | |
 | William Henry Curran - Lawyers - 1819 - 562 pages
...said I was as one without hope. Surely I am not a wanderer, neither am I in the land of strangers ! By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, when we remembered thee, O Sion ! Carolan, thy happy love No jealous doubt, no pang can prove. Thy generous lord is kind as brave ;... | |
 | Episcopal Church - Anglican Communion - 1819 - 558 pages
...O give thanks unto the Lord of lords; for his mercy endureth for ever. Psalm 137. Super flwnina. Y 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... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Biography - 1822 - 434 pages
...surely I am not a wanderer; neither am I in a knd of strangers." LINES WRITTEN IN A LEAF OF THE BOOK. " By the waters of Babylon we sat down, and wept when we remembered thee, O Sion!" " Carolan, thy happy love No jealous doubts, no pang can prove; Thy generous Lord is kind as brave,... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1822 - 444 pages
...27 O give thanks unto the Lord of lords ; for his mercy endureth for ever. Psalm 137. Super flumina. 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... | |
 | Isaiah (the prophet) - 1822 - 464 pages
...E2 figure. 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, O Sion.' But what is more remarkable, we find Judea represented as a woman in sorrow sitting on the ground,... | |
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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? 
