The Hebrew Melodies
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The following poems were published in April 1815 with musical settings by Isaac Nathan. The "Braham" referred to in the dedication is John Braham of London. one or more chapters are available in a spoken word format. |
The Hebrew Melodies
The subsequent poems were written at the request of my friend, the Hon. Douglas Kinnaird, for a Selection of Hebrew Melodies, and have been published, with the music, arranged, by Mr. Braham and Mr. Nathan.
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- She walks in beauty
- The harp the Monarch Minstrel swept
- If that high world
- The Wild Gazelle
- Oh! weep for those
- On Jordan's banks
- Jeptha's Daughter
- Oh! snatch'd away in beauty's bloom
- My soul is dark
- I saw thee weep
- Thy days are done
- It is the hour
- Warriors and Chiefs
- We sate down and wept by the waters of Babel
- Vision of Belshazzar
- Herod's Lament for Mariamne
- Were my bosom as false as thou deem'st it to be
- The Destruction of Sennacherib
- Thou whose spell can raise the dead
- When coldness wraps this suffering clay
- Fame, wisdom, love, and power were mine
- From the last hill that looks on thy once holy dome
- Francisca
- Sun of the sleepless
- Bright be the place of thy soul
- I speak not — I trace not — I breathe not
- In the valley of waters
- A spirit pass'd before me
- They say that Hope is happiness
