Hasten thee back, and, as thou goest, sing

Such gladsome lays as yet may re-inspire

Hearts that are dead with ever tameless fire.

His Will is done; the time is here. The Day

Dawns; and the Morning Star, so God doth say,

Shall be thy sign.”

Raffi.

A garden once, luxuriantly fair,

Now is Armenia choked with thorn and tare: