Jerusalem Destroyed By Titus

Jerusalem Destroyed By Titus

Sion, thine eye beheld and wept too late

O'er tower and temple crumbling in decay,

The crashing column and the falling gate; -

And saw the deadly paleness of dismay

The faces of they trembling priests' array,

And high-born maids and matrons desolate,

And helpless infants sadly led away

Before the haughty foe in mournful state.

Above thy scattered ruins sadly seated,

Devoted city! from thy woes in vain

Thy glance upturn'd to Heaven for rest intreated.

Say - didst thou then bethink thee of the stain,

The guilt of which they measured crimes completed

On Him thy hands had crucified and slain!

Unattributed

New Series 1:6, p. 4

1840.04.11

From the New Monthly Magazine