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ARMY OF ISRAEL AT THE FOOT OF MOUNT SINAI.

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The sun in its splendor, the fire in its might,
Which devours and withers, and wastes from the sight,
Is dim to the glory which beams from his eye;
Then, Israel, turn back—O! return, or ye die.