...in the hundred and thirtyseventh Psalm, verses 1, 2. " 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." LINES TO A BOWER. ONCK more I visit thee, my bower ; Nor dream of grandeur, fame, nor power, Calm haunt...

...the Psalmist, which gives a sanctity to its name:— " ' 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.'—Ps. cxxxvii." Only fifty copies were printed. The frontispiece represents Johnson's Willow,...

...countenance a melancholy cast, and reflective expression. " By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down ; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion. We hanged our...the songs of Zion. How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land ? If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not...

...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,...

...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...

...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...

...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...songs of Zion.' How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land ? If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning; if I do not...

...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...wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one ofthesongsofZion. How shall we sing the i.ons's song in a strange land? » A ton œil! » et lui perça...

...the rivers of Babylon, therc w sat ilown, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our barps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they...us a song ; and they that wasted us required of us mîrlh, saying, Sing us one of the songs ofZion. How shall we simj thé LOR»'s 501117 in a Orange...

...wept, when wc remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon thc willows in the midst thereof. For tliere they that carried us away captive required of us a song ; and they that wasted us required of us mirtli, saying, Sing us one of the songsofZion. How shall we sing the LORB'S sony in a strange land?...