daughters of Israel went yearly to lament
the daughter of Jephtha, the Gileadite,
four days in a year. Judges, xi. 40.
1.
Oh, of dance and song the pride,
Jephtha’s daughter, young and fair,
Never now the wreath of bride,
Ne’er the bridal veil shall wear!
Ne’er with cymbals light advancing,
Shall she greet her true love home,