The North-Carolina standard., 1844-03-27
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EE PROPHECY OF THE TWELVE TRIBES. :

HE PROPHECY OF THE TWELVE IblncS
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GEHEsIs. Xix =. 2. BE-,
The Patriarch sat upon hs bed - - - :. Il.
His cheek was pale his eye. was dim; = .,.... q,
Long years Of woe had bow:d his head, - - 4.
And feeble was the giant limb :. =. -
And his twelve mighty sons stood nigh - -.
In grief-to see their father die! ? : =, - -
But, sudden as the th6nder.roTl. 3 -;
newborn spirit fiji d his frame. :
His ainting visage AAshed with Soul -
His lip was touch d with living fame;
And burst, with more than PrOphetftsS
= The stream or Judgment, Love, and Ire.
..REuBEN,' thou spsarheadin my sider
Thy father's fIst-boEn, and his shames =;
Unstable as the rolling tide,
Abiighthas fail'p uponthY narne..
Decay shall follow,thee and. thine: = = -
Go, outcast of5a hallow'd line J. - -
"SiMEoN and LEvE,f sons of blood -. - ..~-r'
That.stilr hangs heavy on the land - ~~ -
Your aocks shall be the rUbber' TODD, -, .
Your folds shall blaze beneath his brand,S
In swamp and forest shall ye dwell:
Be scatterd among Israel -
JUDAH i All hail, thou priest, thou king! @.
The crown, the, glory, shall be thine 5 - =,
Thine, in the fsht. the eagle.s wing =
Thine, on the hill, the oil and wine.
Thou lion nations shall turn pale
When,spvells thy roar upon the gale: -
'iJudah, my son, ascend the throne, -.
foTiIllcomes from heaven the unborn king
The prophesied, the mighty one. =. ,'..-.--
Whose heel shall crush the serpent's sttng:. :
TIL earth is paradise again, - -. ?
And sin is dead, and death 10 SIAiO! = - : -
s,WIde as the surges, -ZEBULoN.i =. =
3 Thy daring keel shall plough the sea; =
Before thee sink proud Sidon's sun.
And strong Essaehar toll for thee,
Thou, reaper OF hrs corn and oil,
Lord of the giant and the soil :, -.
..whose banner famesf IN battles yszr =
Whose mail is first nslaughter gored - p
Thou, subtlsr than the serpent, DAN.S -..s~
Prince of the arrow and the sword, - - -
Woe TO the Syrian charioteer,. = ~--..
When rings the rushing Of thS spear p
Crush a to the earth By war and woe. ...,
GAD,E shall the eup Of bondage drain.
Till bold revenge shall giEe the blow =,
That pays the long arrear Of pain-~l-- -... -
Thy cup shah glow with tyrant-gOre, o.
Thou be my son--and man once more
'LovedNAPHrALI,"" =" thy snow white hind
Shall bask beneath the rose and vine. - - -
Proud ASHER, to the mountain wind 8
Shall star-ike blaze, thy battle-sign.
: All bright to both, from birth to tomb, -
The heavens all sunshine, earth all bloom
"JosEP H 1T come near=-my son. my son =
Egyptian prince, Egyptian sage,
Child Of my first and best-loved ono
Great guardian of thy father's age.
Bring EPHRIAM and MANAssEH nigh.
And let me bless them ere die,
"Hear me-Thou God of Israel
Thou, who hast been his living shield ~
In the red deserts lion-delf, 49, -, - =
In Egpyt's famine-stricken field, - -
In the dark dungeons chilling stone, 49,, .z...
In Pharaoh's chain-by Pharaohss throne.
"My son, all blessings be on thee, - -.
Be blest abroad. be biest at home
Thy nations strength-her living tree,
The we'll to which the thirsty come
Blest be thy valley. blest thy hilf, 80 - . -
Thy fathers COP be with thee stiflH q,
''Thou man of blood, thou man Of might,
Thy soul shall ravin, BENJAMINff
Thou wolf by day, thou wolfby night,
Rushing through slaughter, spoil. and sin
Thine eagles beak and Vulture's wing
Shall curse thy nation with akingi!'S - ~
Then ceased the voice, and all was sti1t:
The hand of death WAS on the fra1ns.-
Yet gave the heart one finaI thrill -
And breathed the dying lip oHe name: :
''Sons, let me rest by ~Leah's side 90
He raised his eyes to heaven-and died -
. HAV11AH