As though enthroned upon His mercy-seat,

The spreading of the cherubim between,

Jehovah still were seen!

Hebrew, come forth! dread not the light of day,

Dread not the insulter’s cry;

The arch[[30]] that rose o’er thy captivity

No more shall turn thee from thy destined way.”

——“It comes—the appointed hour;

Hebrew, beneath the arch of Titus pause!

And in the closing scene of Rome’s last power,