Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Asia: Vols. XXI–XXIII. 1876–79. | | | | Syria: Mizpeh | | Jephtha’s Daughter | | Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| | | SINCE our country, our God, O my sire! | |
| Demand that thy daughter expire, | |
| Since thy triumph was bought by thy vow, | |
| Strike the bosom that ’s bared for thee now! | |
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| And the voice of my mourning is o’er, | 5 |
| And the mountains behold me no more: | |
| If the hand that I love lay me low, | |
| There cannot be pain in the blow! | |
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| And of this, O my father! be sure,— | |
| That the blood of thy child is as pure | 10 |
| As the blessing I beg ere it flow, | |
| And the last thought that soothes me below. | |
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| Though the virgins of Salem lament, | |
| Be the judge and the hero unbent! | |
| I have won the great battle for thee, | 15 |
| And my father and country are free! | |
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| When this blood of thy giving hath gushed, | |
| When the voice that thou lovest is hushed, | |
| Let my memory still be thy pride, | |
| And forget not I smiled as I died! | 20 | | | |
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