On Zion and on Lebanon

Verse 1

On Sion and on Lebanon, On Carmel's blooming height, On Sharon's fertile plains, once shone The glory, pure and bright.

Verse 2

From thence its mild and cheering ray Stream'd forth from land to land; And empires now behold its day; And still its beams expand.

Verse 3

Its brightest splendours, darting west, Our happy shores illume; Our farther regions, once unblest, Now like a garden bloom;

Verse 4

But ah, our deserts deep and wild See not this heavenly light; No sacred beams, no radiance mild, Dispel their dreary night.

Verse 5

Thou, Who didst lighten Sion's hill, On Carmel Who didst shine, Our deserts let Thy glory fill, Thy excellence divine.

Verse 6

Like Lebanon, in towering pride, May all our forests smile; And may our borders blossom wide Like Sharon's fruitful soil