I've been to Palestine.
WHAT DID YOU SEE IN PALESTINE?
I saw the harp and psalt'ry
Played for Old John Brown.
I heard the ram's horn blow,
Blow for Old John Brown.
I saw the Bulls of Bashan --
They cheered for Old John Brown.
I saw the big Behemoth --
He cheered for Old John Brown.
I saw the big Leviathan --
He cheered for Old John Brown.
I saw the Angel Gabriel
Great power to him assign.
I saw him fight the Canaanites
And set God's Israel free.
I saw him when the war was done
In his rustic chair recline --
By his campfire by the sea,
By the waves of Galilee.
I've been to Palestine.
WHAT DID YOU SEE IN PALESTINE?
Old John Brown.
Old John Brown.
And there he sits
To judge the world.
His hunting-dogs
At his feet are curled.
His eyes half-closed,
But John Brown sees
The ends of the earth,
The Day of Doom.
And his shot-gun lies
Across his knees --
Old John Brown,
Old John Brown.
III. King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
(A Poem Game.)
"And when the Queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, . . .
she came to prove him with hard questions."
and approaching a position that gives her half of the stage.
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