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1770–1850

XLVI

William Wordsworth

Harp! could'st thou venture, on thy boldest string, The faintest note to echo which the blast Caught from the hand of Moses as it pass'd O'er Sinai's top, or from the Shepherd-king,

Early awake, by Siloa's brook, to sing Of dread Jehovah; then, should wood and waste Hear also of that name, and mercy cast Off to the mountains, like a covering

Of which the Lord was weary. Weep, oh! weep, Weep with the good,beholding King and Priest Despised by that stern God to whom they raise Their suppliant hands; but holy is the feast

He keepeth; like the firmament his ways: His statutes like the chambers of the deep.

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