Citation - Norwich Packet: 1778.01.19

NP.778.003
19 Jan 1778:41 (5/225)
THE LAMENTATION OF DAVID OVER SAUL AND JONATHAN,
PARAPHRASED, 2 SAM. I. 19.
How are the mighty fall'n! O Israel's chief!
They fate afflicts me, and I sink with grief,
Prostrate a while upon the dusty plain,
Let me bewail the glorious heroes slain.
'Tis Israel's beauty that demands the tear,
And bids all joy and comfort disappear;
Hush'd be the sprightly notes the trumpet yields, 
Reign awful silence thro' the hostile fields;
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