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THE LAMENT OF JUDAH, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In vain the crimson garment now
Last Line: Turn sickening from your revelry!
Alternate Author Name(s): Norna; Aikin, Mary Elizath
Subject(s): Judah (bible)


IN vain the crimson garment now,
It wraps a feeble limb;
In vain the jewel decks the brow,
The eye beneath is dim:
For days gone by, for days to come,
In weary thoughts of blasted home,
Does Judah's heart, and Judah's eye,
Darken amid your revelry.

Ye have your homes, your hearths; your sires
Sleep 'neath the garden tree;
Where are our hearths, our altar fires,
And what, oh what are we?
'Tis our's to pour the tear-drop fast,
Above the bright and buried past;
For this does Judah's heart and eye
Turn sickening from your revelry!





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