Targum by George Henry Borrow
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page 62 of 88 (70%)
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Where died the .....................
A chair of little rest 'Bove the Zodiac I prest, Which doth ever, in a sphere, Through three elements career; I've sojourn'd in Gwynfryn, In the halls of Cynfelyn; To the King the harp I play'd, Who Lochlyn's sceptre sway'd. With the Israelites of yore I endur'd a hunger sore; In Africa I stray'd Ere was Rome's foundation laid; Now hither I have hied With the race of Troy to bide; In the firmament I've been With Mary Magdalen. I work'd as mason-lord When Nimrod's pile up-soar'd; I mark'd the dread rebound When its ruins struck the ground; When strode to victory on The men of Macedon, The bloody flag before The heroic King I bore. I saw the end with horror |
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