Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-10-17

INdny winch some CHhDb'
For the temple that lies desolat@,
We SIT ia solitude and mourn;
Tor the palace that is destroyed,
We sit n solitude and mourn;
For the walls that arc overhrown,
We sit in solitude and mourn;
For our majesty that is departed,
We sit in solitude and mourn;
For our great men that lie dead,
Va st in solitude and mourn;
For priests who have stumbled,
We SIT in solitude and mourn.
| think at that prayer Jerusalem will
come again to more than its ancient mag
niGcence; it may not he precious stones
and architectural majesty, but in II moral
splcndor that shall eclipse forever all that
David or Solomon saw.
FROM A HOUsEToP.
But | must get back to the housetop
where stood early this morning, and be-
fore the sun sets that l may catch a wider
vision of what the city now is and once
was Standing here on the housetop |
SOC that the city was built for military
safety. Some old warrior, ] warrant, Sc
ecied the spot 1t stands on hill 1900
feet above the level of the sea- and deep
ravues on three side. do the work Of mill
tary trenches Compact as no other city
was compact. only three miles journey
round, and the three ancient towers, Hip
picus, Thasaclus, Marianne, frowning
death upon the approach of all enemies.
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