many strings
Shall help me to adore and praise.

"How sweet to die in Judah's dale,
And with the fathers calmly rest;
The thought of sleeping in yon vale,
How soothing to my throbbing breast!

"A few more days of grief and pain,
And then adieu to every gloom,
For soon we all shall meet again,
Beyond the portals of the tomb."

The old harp of Judah has also returned from the captivity, and is once
more safely lodged in its own native Jerusalem, whence Esrom bore it to
the land of strangers a century before.

Time has left some impression on its aged frame, but its tones are
sweeter than ever. In that family it is held as a priceless treasure; and
its melody shall sweetly fall on ears yet unborn, when the hands that now
so skillfully sweep its well-tuned strings shall be palsied, and the
sweet voices that blend with its thrilling chords shall be silent in the
grave.

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