Jephtha, Pt. 2 - No. 25, What Do I See, O Heav'n?

"Jephtha

What do I see, O Heav’n?

Daughter

O my Father,

With Joy I hail thy wish’d Return.

Jephtha

My Child!

Oh! my ill-fated Vow, curst be the Day

That gave me Life, yet, let me not blaspheme,

But bow submiss to Great Jehovah’s Pleasure.

Daughter

O whence this dreadful Change!

What means thy Head,

With Horror turn’d away? th’averted Eye,

Fill’d with sad Tears, fix’d motionless on Earth?

Is this my Welcome? this a Daughter’s Joy,

That flies with open Arms, and cheerful Smiles,

To meet a dear-belov’d, victorious Father?"