Thy Days Are Done
by George Gordon, Lord Byron
(From Hebrew Melodies - 1815)
1
- Thy days are donethy fame begun
- Thy countrys strains record
- The triumphs of her chosen Son
- The slaughter of his sword
- The deeds he didthe fields he won
- The freedom he restored!
2
- Though thou art fallnwhile we are free
- Thou shalt not taste of death
- The generous blood that flowd from thee
- Disdaind to sink beneath:
- Within our veins its currents be
- Thy spirit on our breath!
3
- Thy nameour charging hosts along,
- Shall be the battle-word
- Thy fallthe theme of choral song
- From virgin voices pourd,
- To weepwould do thy glory wrong
- Thou shalt not be deplored!
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