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How thro' the trembling Pagan Nation,
Th' Almighty Ruin dealt, and ghastly Desolation.
Th' Almighty Ruin dealt, and ghastly Desolation.
V.
But why, ah! why, O Sion, reigns
Wide-wasting Havoc o'er thy Plains?
Ah! me, Destruction is abroad!
Vengeance is loose, and Wrath from God!
See! Hosts of Spoilers seize their Prey!
See! Slaughter marks in Blood his Way!
See! how embattled Babylon
Like an unruly Deluge rushes on!
Lo! the Field with Millions swarms!
I hear their Shouts! their clashing Arms!
Now the conflicting Hosts engage,
With more than morta! Rage!———
Oh! Heav'n! I faint———I die!———
The yielding Pow'is of Israel fly!———
But why, ah! why, O Sion, reigns
Wide-wasting Havoc o'er thy Plains?
Ah! me, Destruction is abroad!
Vengeance is loose, and Wrath from God!
See! Hosts of Spoilers seize their Prey!
See! Slaughter marks in Blood his Way!
See! how embattled Babylon
Like an unruly Deluge rushes on!
Lo! the Field with Millions swarms!
I hear their Shouts! their clashing Arms!
Now the conflicting Hosts engage,
With more than morta! Rage!———
Oh! Heav'n! I faint———I die!———
The yielding Pow'is of Israel fly!———
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