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HEBREW MELODIES.
HEROD'S LAMENT FOR MARIAMNE.
I.Oh, Mariamne! now for thee The heart for which thou bled'st is bleeding;Revenge is lost in agony, And wild remorse to rage succeeding.Oh, Mariamne! where art thou? Thou canst not hear my bitter pleading:Ah, could'st thou—thou would'st pardon now, Though heaven were to my prayer unheeding.
