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Yes, he's far gone:-- and yet some pity fix,
The English laws forbid to punish lunatics.
THE CAPTIVITY
AN
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THE PERSONS.
FIRST ISRAELITISH PROPHET.
SECOND ISRAELITISH PROPHET.
ISRAELITISH WOMAN.
FIRST CHALDEAN PRIEST.
SECOND CHALDEAN PRIEST.
CHALDEAN WOMAN.
CHORUS OF YOUTHS AND VIRGINS.
SCENE - The Banks of the River Euphrates, near Babylon.
THE CAPTIVITY
ACT I -- SCENE I.
'Israelites sitting on the Banks of the Euphrates'.
FIRST PROPHET.
RECITATIVE.
YE captive tribes, that hourly work and weep
Where flows Euphrates murmuring to the deep,
Suspend awhile the task, the tear suspend,
And turn to God, your Father and your Friend.
Insulted, chain'd, and all the world a foe, 5
Our God alone is all we boast below.
FIRST PROPHET.
AIR.
Our God is all we boast below,
To him we turn our eyes;
And every added weight of woe
Shall make our homage rise. 10
SECOND PROPHET.
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