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Thus mourn'd Columbia; but the pow'r Divine
Her plaintive lamentation heard,
Revers'd the threaten'd doom
Her anxious spirit fear'd,
And, with a smile benign,
When most its vengeance low'r'd,
Compassionately pour'd
A beam of hope, that pierc'd th' incumbent gloom,
And her sad bosom cheer'd.
Deliv'rance from the skies
First dawn'd on her benighted eyes,
When Lexington's embattled field,
In spite of all their swelling boasts,
Saw haughty British vet'rans yield
To humble rustics who appeal'd
From man's unrighteous laws,
And left the issue of their cause
To the decision of the Lord of Hosts.
Her plaintive lamentation heard,
Revers'd the threaten'd doom
Her anxious spirit fear'd,
And, with a smile benign,
When most its vengeance low'r'd,
Compassionately pour'd
A beam of hope, that pierc'd th' incumbent gloom,
And her sad bosom cheer'd.
Deliv'rance from the skies
First dawn'd on her benighted eyes,
When Lexington's embattled field,
In spite of all their swelling boasts,
Saw haughty British vet'rans yield
To humble rustics who appeal'd
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And left the issue of their cause
To the decision of the Lord of Hosts.
| Columbia's glory | |