<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=116871" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Jeptha's Daughter</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I<br>Since our Country, our God—Oh my Sire—<br>Demand that thy daughter expire;<br>Since thy triumph was brought by thy vow—<br>Strike the bosom that's bared for thee now!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> II<br>And the voice of my mourning is o'er—<br>And the mountains behold me no more:<br>If the hand that I love lay me low,<br>There cannot be pain in the blow!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> III<br>And of this, oh! my Father! be sure—<br>That the blood of thy child is as pure<br>As the blessing I beg ere it flow—<br>And the last thought that soothes me below.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> IV<br>Though the virgins of Salem lament,<br>Be the judge and the hero unbent!<br>I have won the great battle for thee,<br>And my Father and Country are free!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> V<br>When this blood of thy giving hath gush'd—<br>When the voice that thou lovest is hush'd—<br>Let my memory still be thy pride,<br>And forget not I smiled as I died!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Byron">Byron</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=116871" data-title="Jeptha's Daughter de Byron" data-description="I/Since our Country, our God—Oh my Sire—/Demand that thy daughter expire;/Since thy triumph was brought by thy vow—/Strike the bosom that's bared for thee now!/ II/And the voice of my mourning is o'er—/And the mountains behold me no more:/..."></div> </div> </div>

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