 | Thomas Pringle, Josiah Conder - 1835 - 716 sayfa
...reminded us of the pathetic lament of the Hebrew exiles :—" By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat; yea we wept when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof." It was, indeed, an affecting sight to look round on our little baud of Scottish emigrants, thus congregated... | |
 | William Hone - 1835 - 876 sayfa
...the children of Israel lamented their captivity : — " 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. • The wicker-baskets made by our forefathers are the subject of an epigram by Martial : — " From... | |
 | 1835 - 444 sayfa
...remember the pathetic language of the cxxxvii 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.'' By " the rivers of Babylon" were meant the streams of the Euphrates; and a Turkey merchant named Vernon,... | |
 | Richard Westall, John Martin - 1835 - 208 sayfa
...privations of captivity. " By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when weremembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof."* They had no longer a tabernacle ; their harps, with which, in their own happy Palestine, the land of... | |
 | Fulgence Fresnel - 1836 - 138 sayfa
...Quomodo cantabimus canticum Domini in terra alienâ? By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat clown, 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... | |
 | Esther Copley - 1836 - 814 sayfa
...expressions of patriotism and piety from the captive Jews: — "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... | |
 | 1836 - 508 sayfa
...strange land ?" — Thus oppressed Israel wept, and said, " 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." They wept because they still loved Zion. Deep and deadly must be the depravity of that apostate who... | |
 | Martin Luther - 1837 - 408 sayfa
...Jews in captivity. The prophet cuneth Edam and Babel. 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... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 954 sayfa
...the children of Israel lamented their captivity : — " By the rivers of Babylor, there we sat down, yea, we wept when we remembered Zion : we hanged 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... | |
 | Book - 1837 - 232 sayfa
...daughters of Israel, during the Babylonian captivity : " 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 of them." This passage has been elegantly THE WILLOW. paraphrased in the following lines, by the Rev.... | |
| |
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,... 
