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when they heard the alarm of war, the thun< der of the captains and the (houtings!

15. They remembered the days that were pad, when they fat under the thick fliade of theforeft, and hearkened to the voice of their beloved!

16. When their hands took hold of the diltaff, and their delight was in the wool and the flax, the voice of lamentation was afar off, and as for trouble, they had only heard there- of!

17. But lo! it came fuddenly upon them I as a mighty dream! it overwhelmed them! the beloved of their fouls was taken captive or ilain by the hands of the enemy! they were flrucken through with forrow, becaufe the hope of their expectation was cut oft!

18. Thefe are thy works, O! thou deflroy- er of man! thou delighted to dride over the field that is covered with the blood of the jilain; and the lad groans of the dying warri-