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WAR AGAINST BABYLON.

(AIR.—NOVELLO.)

"War against Babylon!" shout we around,
  Be our banners through earth unfurled;
Rise up, ye nations, ye kings, at the sound—
  "War against Babylon!" shout thro' the world!
Oh thou, that dwellest on many waters,[1]
  Thy day of pride is ended now;
And the dark curse of Israel's daughters
  Breaks like a thundercloud over thy brow!
    War, war, war against Babylon!

Make bright the arrows, and gather the shields,[2]
  Set the standard of God on high;
Swarm we, like locusts, o'er all her fields.
  "Zion" our watchword, and "vengeance" our cry!
Woe! woe!—the time of thy visitation[3]
  Is come, proud land, thy doom is cast—
And the black surge of desolation
  Sweeps o'er thy guilty head, at last!
      War, war, war against Babylon!

[1] "Oh thou that dwellest upon many waters…thine end is come."—Jer. li. 13.

[2] "Make bright the arrows; gather the shields…set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon"—Jer. li. 11, 12.

[3] "Woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation!"—Jer. l. 27.