Perished Pharaoh and his host.

And the voice of his devotion,

Filled my soul with strange emotion;

For its tones by turns were glad,

Sweetly solemn, wildly sad.

Paul and Silas in their prison,

Sang of Christ, the Lord arisen;

And an earthquake's arm of might

Broke their dungeon-gates at night.

But, alas! what holy angel