Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Asia: Vols. XXI–XXIII. 1876–79. | | | | Introductory to Syria | | On Jordan’s Banks | | Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| | | ON Jordan’s banks the Arab’s camels stray, | |
| On Sion’s hill the False One’s votaries pray, | |
| The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai’s steep; | |
| Yet there, even there, O God! thy thunders sleep: | |
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| There, where thy finger scorched the tablet stone; | 5 |
| There, where thy shadow to thy people shone! | |
| Thy glory shrouded in its garb of fire: | |
| Thyself none living see, and not expire! | |
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| O, in the lightning let thy glance appear; | |
| Sweep from his shivered hand the oppressor’s spear: | 10 |
| How long by tyrants shall thy land be trod! | |
| How long thy temple worshipless, O God! | | | | |
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