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 Alas! How shall I sing, with a breaking heart?

Put the heart-break into thy song.

Give me my harp—I will sing.

[Sings]—

Who singeth? Is it thou, Serah, daughter of Asher?

Father, it is I! My child is dying!

Joseph, my beloved, is dead; and Simeon is a captive in a strange land.

But we, the living, are an-hungered.

All the seed of Israel will surely perish.

Go again; buy us a little food.

The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother, Benjamin, be with you.

. Me have ye bereaved of my children; Joseph