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Daughter of Babylon! the sword is red
From thy destroyer's harvest, and the yoke
Is on thee, O most proud!—for thou hast said,
"I am, and none besides."—Th' Eternal spoke,
Thy glory was a spoil, thine idol-gods were broke.