Birth-day song of liberty A paean of glory for the heroes of freedom |
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 | Birth-day song of liberty |  |
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As the bright Morning Stars sang together at creation,And the Sons of God shouted for joy on that morn—
So, these Heroes of Freedom with the like-jubilation
Proclaimed to the World when Christ-Freedom was born.
Then from Plymouth to Jamestown the joy spread like lightning,
While Europe stood trembling such shoutings to hear;
While the Sun up in Heaven seemed with new glory brightning,
At the Nation's grand Anthem filling heaven with its cheer.
Like an Amazon of fire running back through the Ages,
Or Ezekiel's great River growing wide as the sea—
Burst the grand stream of splendor from the rapt lips of Sages,
Through the Land of the Beautiful, the Souls of the Free.
Then strike the bold harp! &c.
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