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Stilled are their sorrows and their J ] Stext , a &w ^ ^ V P ^ ay across the path of time . Civilization and freedom , gathering * the human race beneath their wings , and protectingthem all by the generous influence of a widely-pervading benevolence , raise the race of Israel to their rank
amongthe . Then , hidden in the deeper recesses of futurity , what visions of spl endour are unveiled ! The gathering of the tribes , Jerusalem , the glorious temple , their own Messiah ;—but the thoughts falter , the spirit is troubled . Yet " the mouth of the Lord hath spoken
it . " Under the influence of thoughts like these , Da Costa must have composed the liymn of which we venture to give a translation . It breathes , it burns with all the blended emotions
of pride and indignation ; of recollected and anticipated triumphs > of hope deferred that sickeneth the heart ; of confidence ; of despair ; of virtue
wounded by contumely , and true nobility insulted by contempt : there is a spirit roused by a contemplation of injustice , and a sense of wrong soaring from eloquence to sublimity . Stich minds as these would redeem fr *> m
heavier bondage . Such compositions are a pledge of the regeneration of a people . The Hebrew harp is hung upon the willows no longer .
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ISRAEL , Dabit Deus his quoque finem I—Virg . Yes ! bear— -confide—be patient ever My brethren of the chosen race ! Whose name oblivion blighted never , Whose glories time shall ne ' er efface : Vanquish the Atheist's desperate bold
ness , Shame the presumptuous threats of hell \ The age ' s apathy and coldness—Ve are the race of Israel , . Their blood who W 3 re , in ' y&hrs : ! ong faded .
Allied to Qod ^ ye bear withhi ; And ye are still , although degraded , Ennobled by yQaf origin : Ye o ' er all nations elevated , God ' s earthly treasure , hope and claim , His favourites ' , Ms first-created .. . ... O let us still deserve the name !
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O stink in shame ! in sorrow straying ! Ye smnM— -now suffer and atone ! In agony and ^ xiie pfa ying r for that bright land ye calTd your own . Ye from God ' s beaten track departed ; Poor homeless pilgrims wand'iing here :
His arm abandon'd you , proud-hearted ! To Jreinbling helplessness and fear . What prophets have foretold comes o ' er us ; The sceptre from our grasp is torn ; Our ratrk and glory fade before us ;
Our godlike kingdom given to scorn . We , chosen erst from chosen nations , Now writhe beneath the scoffer ' s rod ; Bare to the meanest slave's vexations , We , who were subjects once—of God
Ah ! safety , comfort , all are reft us , Exil'd by God's almighty hand ; Nought of the glorious Orient left us , Our true—our only father-land ! Far from our sires' remains—ill-fated , The abject race of Abraham weeps ; His'blood , in us degenerated , Now thro * a crumbling ruin creeps .
Redeemer ! Sire ! be our defender ! O ! turn not from our prayers away : Give Israel to her early splendour , Or let her joyless name decay ! No ! Hopes deferr ed and memories Vanish'd Our trust in Thee could never bow ~ We are the Hebrews still—tho' banish'd , Thou art the Hebrews' God e ' en
now IYes ! thy Messiah , soon appearing , Shall burst these bonds of slavery ; Thine-anger-mists again are clearing * , Our day of victory is nigh . A heavenly flame is brightly soaring Behind the clouds of earthly woe : ShoUt , Israel ! shout , with joy adoring , Your Prince ' s—Saviour ' s advent show
Lion of Judah , roar and greet him , Hail his majestic march once more ; Come , Adam ' s race In with blessings meet him , And ra&k again as rank'd of yore .
Announce him from on high , thou thunder ! Bend your proud heads , ye hills around ! Fall , kiiigctom Jet deceit , ttstmder In ruins at ^ bttr trumpet ' s sottmi !
Behold the lon ^ - pected gladness I Salvation ' s morn again appears ; The ineetL for ^ suffferiag ^ scorn and eadn ^ ss , Thfe Citadel- 'ftfeitftftr fetes and tfears .
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Account of the Dutch Jei&s . ^—Ifvmn by Da Costa . S 79
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1823, page 279, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1784/page/23/
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