Versos English John Reade Rejoice, ye tribes of Israel, the Lord was on your side

English poem

Rejoice, ye tribes of Israel, the Lord was on your side

by (1826–)

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Rejoice, ye tribes of Israel, the Lord was on your side, Your fierce presumptuous enemies have fallen in their pride? But, Jephthah, thou art childless now, lift up thy voice and weep! No sound of wailing can disturb thy daughter’s dreamless sleep!