The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-02-23
From the New Orleans Christian Advocae
THE SONG OF MIRIAM.
BY A. q. HALEY
POEM,
paraphrass Of Exodus Ky: LIST TO FLAT.


The host OF Egyptia came down In their might
On the children of Israel, resting at night
BY springs Of Pihahiroth to the sea,
Undermining that from their foe they must Zee.
Yet darkness, in sable, stIl mantled the east,
When woke the tents Of all Israel from rest
BY sentinel larums announcing in fear,
:" Lo, Pharaoh cometh-his armies are nearP
But the pillar of FIRE grew vocal of God,
Bidding each - fear not |" and to Moses "tby rod
Stretch thou forth Ger the sea- and the waters divide
That my children may pass to the Madam side
Then Noses, obedient uplifted bis hand,
His rod stretching over the Good, from the land
When Enros, the wind Of the east, ope'd the
To Israel, passage, TO Egypt grave.
When morning was come, and all Israel DER
Ere Pharaoh passing had come TO the Shore
The Lord, in bis vengeance, confused them amsin:
Relapsipg the waters, the host wa all slain.
Then Israel, Noses and Aaron redeemed,
Uplifting their voices, along the shore teemed
Round Miriam, prophecies, tmbrel In hand
Who sang thus in praise 70 the Lord OF their band.
sOSo.
Miriam. Sing aloud to the Lord who hath triumPhed
o'er the host Of Egyptia that followed To slay--
The horse and bis rider hath be thrown in the sea
We, God OF salvation, sing praise unto tbeel
Thou, Lord, our strength art,
We praise thee with full heart,
For thou unto US a glad song hath become
Erzlting thy name,
Win wepublish thy fame,
For thou art the God Of fathers and selves.
Jo.iru The Lord Is a man Of war--Lord Is his pame-
The chariot and host hath he cast in main,
With captains all chosen--tbs pride Of their king
Then loudly, IN concert, bis praises gell sing.
Meath the wave, when he frownd,
As they gurglinR sank TO the bottom like stone.
Thy right hand, u Lordl
So glorious in power,
Hath darhd into pieces the foe ofthine own.
Miriam In excellent greatness hath thou overthrow
The foe who 30 arrogant lately bad grown
Thy wrath seutest forth, Ike an igneous brand,
And swept them like stubble in smoke from the land.
An heap stood the food
At the sound Of thy word,
And the depths oungeald in the heart Of the sea,
Firm rooted and fast
by thy nostrifs deep blast
Which blew 10 the face Of the wave as 1t passed.
Ho.ss All proudly he boasted-the king Of the soil
Saying " nwill o'erikke and conquer the spoil
Their daughters the fairest my passion shall cloy
Their fathers, ia vengeance, my sword shall destroy"
Yet vain was the boast,
For himself and bis host
Eneounter'd foeman omnpotent great
Thou, God, blew blast,
And, while Wanting their last,
They, heavy as lead, sank the waters beneath.
Aaron. Thou God Of ,alvation o, Who like TO thee
Among all the gods Of the beatheu that be-
q, who V 30 holy 50 glorious, dread,
As thou who, In mercy, Thy people bath led
For thou hast redeemed
When u mortsls " seemed
That succor from Heaven earth could avail.
The people shall bear,
Paiestina shall fesr,
And proud dukes Of Edom and Moab shall quail.
Miriam. The jewellers In Canaan sta fast melt away
While trembling and fear hro' the land beareth sway
Their people be stili, and nerveless stone
Thy chosen the land shall resume as their own.
There, IN the mountain
ass Where weeth the fountain
Thy mount Of inheritance, fount Of thy love
Firm shall be planted
In that thon hast granted,
Thy people, Thy purchase, Thy servants, o Jordi
MI, IN chorus, Noses leading
Then, children Of Israel, sing ye 10 praise
or Hibl without end or beginning OF days-
The Lord who forever and ever shall reign,
Who opsn'd the and reclosed u again.
shout We symphonic
With voices harmonic,
In praise OF the Lord who hath borne away
From bondage IN Goshen,
From chains by the Nile,
To freedom IN CanRah, the land Of the vine.
Ave, raise the glad paan IN thunder tones loud,
Your voices In chorus uplift TO the cloud
Your prophecies sings.
While her loud tmbrel rings
The women, glad dancing, encircle her round.
Too, Joshua, bald,
whom the Lord hath lOfeiold
Shall crush the usurper With night 20 the ground,
And Ayon anonted
Jebovshs Appointed
Al swell the glad anthem In rspturuus praise
Of Him without end or beginning Of days.
Then shout ye acccrdant
Till Heaven resonant,
re echoes heehorus 81 blue arch along
halleuis Jebavshi--we praise thee 10 song
Hollelua Eielcui Halleluia 70 thee
Haieaia, Jehovahi llosanna on high M
WAsnrSsIoS, d. O., 1855,