Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Asia: Vols. XXI–XXIII. 1876–79. | | | | Arabia: Red Sea | | Miriam’s Song | | Thomas Moore (1779–1852) |
| | | SOUND the loud timbrel o’er Egypt’s dark sea! | |
| Jehovah has triumphed,—his people are free. | |
| Sing, for the pride of the tyrant is broken,— | |
| His chariots, his horsemen, all splendid and brave, | |
| How vain was their boasting! The Lord hath but spoken, | 5 |
| And chariots and horsemen are sunk in the wave. | |
| Sound the loud timbrel o’er Egypt’s dark sea! | |
| Jehovah has triumphed,—his people are free. | |
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| Praise to the Conqueror, praise to the Lord! | |
| His word was our arrow, his breath was our sword! | 10 |
| Who shall return to tell Egypt the story | |
| Of those she sent forth in the hour of her pride? | |
| For the Lord hath looked out from his pillar of glory, | |
| And all her brave thousands are dashed in the tide. | |
| Sound the loud timbrel o’er Egypt’s dark sea! | 15 |
| Jehovah has triumphed,—his people are free. | | | | |
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