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The Redeemed.
course . His rising represents man in his birth , an immortal soul , pure , and destined for a hi gh career ; his meridian , quickening the earth with vegetable life , ripening the fruits and grain , may be considered as a type of what he should be in his manhood—useful to his fellow-creatures , beneficent , and an ornament to the social system ; sunset reminds us of the parting hour , when the religious man , his task accomplished , sinks
to rest , surrounded by the glorious halo of a virtuous fife . The . lengthened shadows of the great pyramid fell on the plains of Gaza , and the last ray of the sun gilding its lofty apex , proclaimed that the hour had arrivechfor man to cease from his labour , and recruit his exhausted strength by nature ' s sovereign balm , sweet sleep . Already had the captive children of Israel availed themselves of the permission
of their relentless task-masters , and retired from their disgusting toil : many had reached the wretched huts that served them for shelter ; the aged and weak were slowly dragging their worn limbs across the sandy plain , while a few , even more hopeless , without the ties of parent , wife ,
or child , to cheer them in their misery , lay stretched upon the earth by the huge pile their labour had erected . At a short distance from the scene a Hebrew maiden sat beneath the shelter of a palm tree ; the expression of her keen dark eye , that glanced from east to west , as if in search of some object , expressed the utmost anxiety and disappointment ; wiping away the bitter tears that , in spite of her endeavours to
suppress them , traced each other down her cheek , —the fair Israelite murmured aloud , " Yet lie comes not—this is the third evening I have kept the watch . Oh ! Reuben , Reuben , hast thou fallen beneath the hands of the oppressors ! or art thou false to thy betrothed bride ! Never till this hour have I felt such sad forebodings . I know—I feel that I shall never see
thee more . Fool ! " continued the girl , hastily , " ever to dream—to think of happiness—a captive in a cruel land , thy nation bondsmen—love is only for the free . Mourn , mourn for Israel , her pride hath fallen !" Passing her fingers rapidly through the strings of a small harp , she awoke a mournful prelude , and accompanied it by her voice .
Beneath the palm tree shade The Hebrew maiden pray'd , GOD of my fathers , stretch thy hand , Lead us from Egypt ' s hostile land ; Break THOU each chain And heathen thrall :
Let not in vain Thy children call ; Their trust , their only hope is THEE , Speak THOU the word , and Israel's free
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The Redeemed.
course . His rising represents man in his birth , an immortal soul , pure , and destined for a hi gh career ; his meridian , quickening the earth with vegetable life , ripening the fruits and grain , may be considered as a type of what he should be in his manhood—useful to his fellow-creatures , beneficent , and an ornament to the social system ; sunset reminds us of the parting hour , when the religious man , his task accomplished , sinks
to rest , surrounded by the glorious halo of a virtuous fife . The . lengthened shadows of the great pyramid fell on the plains of Gaza , and the last ray of the sun gilding its lofty apex , proclaimed that the hour had arrivechfor man to cease from his labour , and recruit his exhausted strength by nature ' s sovereign balm , sweet sleep . Already had the captive children of Israel availed themselves of the permission
of their relentless task-masters , and retired from their disgusting toil : many had reached the wretched huts that served them for shelter ; the aged and weak were slowly dragging their worn limbs across the sandy plain , while a few , even more hopeless , without the ties of parent , wife ,
or child , to cheer them in their misery , lay stretched upon the earth by the huge pile their labour had erected . At a short distance from the scene a Hebrew maiden sat beneath the shelter of a palm tree ; the expression of her keen dark eye , that glanced from east to west , as if in search of some object , expressed the utmost anxiety and disappointment ; wiping away the bitter tears that , in spite of her endeavours to
suppress them , traced each other down her cheek , —the fair Israelite murmured aloud , " Yet lie comes not—this is the third evening I have kept the watch . Oh ! Reuben , Reuben , hast thou fallen beneath the hands of the oppressors ! or art thou false to thy betrothed bride ! Never till this hour have I felt such sad forebodings . I know—I feel that I shall never see
thee more . Fool ! " continued the girl , hastily , " ever to dream—to think of happiness—a captive in a cruel land , thy nation bondsmen—love is only for the free . Mourn , mourn for Israel , her pride hath fallen !" Passing her fingers rapidly through the strings of a small harp , she awoke a mournful prelude , and accompanied it by her voice .
Beneath the palm tree shade The Hebrew maiden pray'd , GOD of my fathers , stretch thy hand , Lead us from Egypt ' s hostile land ; Break THOU each chain And heathen thrall :
Let not in vain Thy children call ; Their trust , their only hope is THEE , Speak THOU the word , and Israel's free