II. Lord! Thou rememberest the night, when thy nation III. So, when the dread clouds of anger enfold Thee, 1 WERE NOT THE SINFUL MARY'S TEARS. I. WERE not the sinful Mary's tears II. When, bringing every balmy sweet III. And wiped them with that golden hair, Where once the diamond shone, Though now those gems of grief were there IV. Were not those sweets, so humbly shed,- 1 "And it came between the came of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these." -Exod. xiv. 20. My application of this passage is borrowed from some late prose writer, whose name I am ungrateful enough to forget. 2 Instead of "On Egypt" here, it will suit the music better to sing "On these;" and in the third line of the next verse, "While shrouded" may, with the same view, be altered to "While wrapped." V. Thou, that hast slept in error's sleep, 66 Love much," and be forgiven! AS DOWN IN THE SUNLESS RETREATS. AIR-Haydn. I. As down in the sunless retreats of the ocean, Pure, warm, silent to Thee. So, deep in my soul the still prayer of devotion, II. As still, to the Star of its Worship, though clouded, True, fond, trembling to Thee!— So, dark as I roam, in this wintry world shrouded, BUT WHO SHALL SEE. AIR-Stevenson. I. BUT who shall see the glorious day, "Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much."-St. Luke vii. 47. 2"And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations."-Isaiah xxv. 7. When earth no more beneath the fear When pain shall cease, and every tear II. Then, Judah! thou no more shalt mourn Thy days of splendour shall return, The Fount of Life shall then be quaff'd, ALMIGHTY GOD. CHORUS OF PRIESTS. AIR-Mozart. I. ALMIGHTY God! when round thy shrine And love that "fadeth not away"):— 1 "The rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth."Isaiah xxv. 8. 2. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; neither shall there be any more pain."-Rev. xxi. 4. 3And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new."Rev. xxi. 5. 4 "And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely."-Rev. xxii. 17. 5The Scriptures having declared that the Temple of Jerusalem was a type of the Messiah, it is natural to conclude that the Palms, which made so conspicuous a figure in that structure, represented that Life and Immortality which were brought to light by the gospel."-Observations on the Palm as a Sacred Emblem, by W. Tighe. 6 "And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm-trees and open flowers."-1 Kings vi. 29. II. When round thy cherubs, smiling calm Those cherubs, with their smiling eyes, O FAIR!-O PUREST! I. O FAIR! O purest! be thou the dove, O fair! O purest! be like this dove. II. The sacred pages of God's own Book O fair! O purest! be like the dove. 1 "When the passover of the tabernacles was revealed to the great lawgiver in the Mount, then the cherubic images which appeared in that structure were no longer surrounded by flames; for the tabernacle was a type of the dispensation of mercy by which Jehovah confirmed his gracious covenant to redeem mankind." - Observations on the Palm. 2 In St. Augustine's treatise upon the advantages of a solitary life, addressed to his sister, there is the following fanciful passage, from which the reader will perceive the thought of this song was taken:-Te, soror, nunquam volo esse securam, sed timere semperque tuam fragilitatem habere suspectam, ad instar pavidæ columbæ frequentare vivos aquarum et quasi in speculo accipitris cernere supervolautis effigiem et cavere. Rivi aquarum sententiæ sunt scripturarum, quæ de limpidissimo sapientiæ fonte profluentes," &c., &c.-De Vit. Ere mit. ad Sororem. LALLA ROOKH. In the eleventh year of the reign of Aurungzebe, Abdalla, King of the Lesser Bucharia, a lineal descendant from the Great Zingis, having abdicated the throne in favour of his son, set out on a pilgrimage to the Shrine of the Prophet; and, passing into India through the delightful valley of Cashmere, rested for a short time at Delhi on his way. He was entertained by Aurungzebe in a style of magnificent hospitality, worthy alike of the visitor and the host, and was afterwards escorted with the same splendour to Surat, where he embarked for Arabia. During the stay of the Royal Pilgrim at Delhi, a marriage was agreed upon between the Prince, his son, and the youngest daughter of the Emperor, Lalla Rookh;'-a princess described by the poets of her time, as more beautiful than Leila, Shirine, Dewildé, or any of those heroines whose names and loves embellish the songs of Persia and Hindostan. It was intended that the nuptials should be celebrated at Cashmere; where the young King, as soon as the cares of empire would permit, was to meet, for the first time, his lovely bride, and, after a few months' repose in that enchanting valley, conduct her over the snowy hills into Bucharia. The day of Lalla Rookh's departure from Delhi was as splendid as sunshine and pageantry could make it. The bazaars and baths were all covered with the richest tapestry; hundreds of gilded barges upon the Jumna floated with their banners shining in the water; while through the streets groups of beautiful children went strewing the most delicious flowers around, as in that Persian festival called the Scattering of the Roses; till every part of the city 1 Tulip-cheek. 2 2 Gul Reazee. |