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It was a weary thing to bear the burden / Of that restless and rebellious race. With / Sinai's thunders almost crashing in their ears, / They made a golden calf, and in the desert / Spread an idol's feast, and sung the merry songs / They had heard when Mizraim's songs bowed down before / Their vain and heathen gods; and thus for many years / Did Moses bear the evil manners of his race -- / Their angry murmurs, fierce regrets and strange / Forgetfulness of God. Born slaves, they did not love / The freedom of the wild more than their pots of flesh.
And pleasant savory things once gathered / From the gardens of the Nile.