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By the Rivers of Babylon We Sat Down and Wept

By George Gordon, Lord ByronSource: George Gordon, Lord Byron - PoetryDB (Public Domain)130 words

We sate down and wept by the waters Of Babel, and thought of the day When our foe, in the hue of his slaughters, Made Salem's high places his prey; And Ye, oh her desolate daughters! Were scattered all weeping away....

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