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HEBREW MELODIES.
HEROD'S LAMENT FOR MARIAMNE.
I.
Oh, Mariamne! now for thee
The heart for which thou bled'st is bleeding;
Revenge is lost in agony,
And wild remorse to rage succeeding.
Oh, Mariamne! where art thou?
Thou canst not hear my bitter pleading:
Ah, could'st thou—thou would'st pardon now,
Though heaven were to my prayer unheeding.
Oh, Mariamne! now for thee
The heart for which thou bled'st is bleeding;
Revenge is lost in agony,
And wild remorse to rage succeeding.
Oh, Mariamne! where art thou?
Thou canst not hear my bitter pleading:
Ah, could'st thou—thou would'st pardon now,
Though heaven were to my prayer unheeding.
