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BIRTH-DAY OF LAFAYETTE.
Bright memory of the past! thy lofty name
Is woven with our land's exalted story,
And on the tablet of her lasting fame
Is wrought in fire the record of thy glory.
Entwined with Washington's in one grand line,
'T will live undimmed while Freedom's sons inherit
The love of priceless Liberty, divine,
Secured to them by his chivalric spirit.
While generous deeds are held in just esteem,
While Virtue claims the meed of approbation,
While Valor weaves the warm enthusiast's dream,
While Right within the land upholds its station,
Will grateful memories, like to-day's, return,
To wreathe anew the garland round his urn.
Is woven with our land's exalted story,
And on the tablet of her lasting fame
Is wrought in fire the record of thy glory.
Entwined with Washington's in one grand line,
'T will live undimmed while Freedom's sons inherit
The love of priceless Liberty, divine,
Secured to them by his chivalric spirit.
While generous deeds are held in just esteem,
While Virtue claims the meed of approbation,
While Valor weaves the warm enthusiast's dream,
While Right within the land upholds its station,
Will grateful memories, like to-day's, return,
To wreathe anew the garland round his urn.
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