Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Asia: Vols. XXI–XXIII. 1876–79. | | | | Mesopotamia: Babylon | | Oh, Weep for Those | | Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| | | OH, weep for those that wept by Babel’s stream, | |
| Whose shrines are desolate, whose land a dream; | |
| Weep for the harp of Judah’s broken shell; | |
| Mourn—where their God hath dwelt, the godless dwell! | |
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| And where shall Israel lave her bleeding feet? | 5 |
| And when shall Zion’s songs again seem sweet? | |
| And Judah’s melody once, more rejoice | |
| The hearts that leaped before its heavenly voice? | |
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| Tribes of the wandering foot and weary breast, | |
| How shall ye flee away and be at rest! | 10 |
| The wild-dove hath her nest, the fox his cave, | |
| Mankind their country,—Israel but the grave! | | | | |
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