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Joseph Declareth himself.
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' My lord hear thy servant now I pray.
Our father, when we brought the child away
Expressed such grief and sorrow for his sake,
That if he stay, his aged heart will break :
Seeing his tears, which fell like showers of rain,
I promised then he should return again.
Therefore, my lord, pray let him go, for I
Am loth to live to see my father die"
Joseph from tears could now no longer hold ;
He said, " I am your brother whom yon sold
To Egypt, when on me your anger fell ;
And is my father yet alive and well.”
Then on each other's neck they wept amain.
Their cries were heard, from tcars conld not refrain
“ O fetch my father hither, Joseph cried,
That for the family I may provide."
