' 44~ The ProphetJ Prayer; Our liberal w9ods,·whofe palfie fhaken tops To,every firanget bow'd their yielding lops, Are fold to us that-have no price to pay, Brit fweat,an<;hoil, the fqrrows,oftht day; Oppreffors trample on our J~rvile necks, We never ~eafe .t~ gro~m, nor: ·they to ve-x : ; . Famine and dear~n have taught our hands t' extend . To Ajhur, and our.feeble knees to bend To churlifh Pharoe : wam of bread compells Thy fervatlts to beg alms of Infidels : Our wretched fathers finn,d, and yet they fleep In peace, and have left us their fons to weep : We, we extracted from their finfulloi ns, Are guilty ofrheir fins; their Ojfa joins Tp our high Pelion; Ah! their crimes clo1l:and · More firmly entilil'd to us, than our land : We are·the flaves of fervants, and the fcorn Of flaves; of all forfaken <Jnd forlorn; Hunger h~th forc'd us to.acqaire out:ofood, With deepefl: danger of our deardl: blood : Our skips ate ·wrinkLed, and the fruitlefs ploughs ' Of want have fallow'd up our barren brows: Within that Sion, which thy·hands did build, · Our wives were ravifh'd, and ·onr maids defil'd: Our fav-age Foe extends his barbarous Rage . · Toali, not fparing Sex, nor Youth, nor Age: They hang our Princes on the fhameful trees Ofdeath ; refpea n0 Perfon.s, no Degrees: Our Eide-rs are de!}'i,-ed, whole grey heir;; Are but the Index of their doting years; Our ftowr:ing youth are [()reed to fulfil .Their,painfq] tasks in the laborious Mill; Our children faint beneath their loads, and cry, Oppr,efi with burdens, under which they lie: Sagesar~ bat1ifh'dfrotn judicial Courts, Ami yo_utl7 t,akes nodeUght in youthful fp.orts ·: Our I
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