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Along the banks where Babel's current flows,
Our captive bands in deep despondence strayed,
While Zion's fall in sad remembrance rose,
Her friends, her children, mingled with the dead.
Source: The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion (New ed. thoroughly rev. and much enl.) #164
First Line: | Along the banks where Babel's current flows |
Title: | The Babylonian Captivity |
Author: | Joel Barlow |
Meter: | 10.10.10.10 |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |