[
  {
    "title": "By the Rivers of Babylon We Sat Down and Wept",
    "author": "George Gordon, Lord Byron",
    "lines": [
      "We sate down and wept by the waters",
      "  Of Babel, and thought of the day",
      "When our foe, in the hue of his slaughters,",
      "  Made Salem's high places his prey;",
      "And Ye, oh her desolate daughters!",
      "  Were scattered all weeping away.",
      "",
      "While sadly we gazed on the river",
      "  Which rolled on in freedom below,",
      "They demanded the song; but, oh never",
      "  That triumph the Stranger shall know!",
      "May this right hand be withered for ever,",
      "  Ere it string our high harp for the foe!",
      "",
      "On the willow that harp is suspended,",
      "  Oh Salem! its sound should be free;",
      "And the hour when thy glories were ended",
      "  But left me that token of thee:",
      "And ne'er shall its soft tones be blended",
      "  With the voice of the Spoiler by me!"
    ],
    "linecount": "18"
  }
]