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" BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth,... "
Modern Agitators: Or, Pen Portraits of Living American Reformers - Page 41
by David W. Bartlett - 1855 - 396 pages
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A History of Slavery and Its Abolition

Esther Copley - 1839 - 674 pages
...expressions of patriotism and piety from the captive Jews : — "By the rirers of Babylon there we sat down ; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion. We hanged our...carried us away captive required of us a song, and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, 'Sing us one of the songs of Zion.' How shall we sing...
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The Poetry of the Pentateuch, Volume 1

Hobart Caunter - 1839 - 590 pages
...psalm, a composition of exquisite tenderness and beauty. By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion. We hanged our...they that carried us away captive required of us a long; And they that wasted us required of us mirth, Saying, sing us one of the songs of Zion. How shall...
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The Musical Madhouse

Hector Berlioz - 2003 - 278 pages
...75. This is a reminiscence of the start of Psalm 137: 'By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.' 76. The word for 'brigand's' used by Berlioz is 'Macairian', referring to Robert Macaire, the brigand...
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People Get Ready!: A New History of Black Gospel Music

Bob Darden - 2004 - 456 pages
...cried, By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hang our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For...carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying "Sing us one of the songs of Zion." How shall we sing the...
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Holy Moses: Holy Writ Revisited

Joseph E. Guretzki - 2004 - 406 pages
...longing for a return to Jerusalem in Abraham's story: By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our...upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they carried us away captive, required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying,...
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How Sweet the Sound: Music in the Spiritual Lives of Americans

David Ware Stowe - 2004 - 366 pages
...destruction of the First Temple in the sixth century BCE: By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our...upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying,...
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عاشق هميشه تنهاست: دفترى از ترجمه انگليسى و اصل فارسى شعرهاى برگزيده شاعر

سپهرى، سهراب - 2004 - 224 pages
...Testament. In this psalm we read in the King James version: "By the rivers of Babylon there we sat down, yea, we wept when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof..." 5. The silent canvas of the prophet Jeremiah. This is evidently a reference to Rembrandt's well-known...
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Wonderful Words of Life: Hymns in American Protestant History and Theology

Richard J. Mouw - 2004 - 312 pages
...yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion 2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. 3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. 4 How shall we sing...
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Uptown Conversation: The New Jazz Studies

Robert G. O'Meally, Brent Hayes Edwards, Farah Jasmine Griffin - 2004 - 460 pages
...How Shall We Sing The Lord's Songs In a Strange Land? ! By the rivers of Babylon, J There we sat down Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows 105 In the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive Required of us a song: And they...
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Singing in a Strange Land: C. L. Franklin, the Black Church, and the ...

Nick Salvatore - 2007 - 460 pages
...America For Leon F. Litwack and Erma V. Franklin 1938-2002 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our...carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying sing us one of the songs of Zion. How shall we sing the...
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