 | The poetical works of Samuel Woodworth |  |
FREEDOM'S JUBILEE.
Freedom's jubilee again
Calls for music's richest strain,
Hail her bright auspicious reign,
Hail the jubilee!
Louder let the anthem swell,
And to listening seraphs tell,
That the land in which we dwell,
Ever will be free!
Calls for music's richest strain,
Hail her bright auspicious reign,
Hail the jubilee!
Louder let the anthem swell,
And to listening seraphs tell,
That the land in which we dwell,
Ever will be free!
On this day Columbians broke
Stern oppression's galling yoke,
And, by one decisive stroke,
Made their children free!
'T was the birth of freedom here,
'T is a day to freemen dear,
Let us, then, each rolling year,
Keep the jubilee!
Stern oppression's galling yoke,
And, by one decisive stroke,
Made their children free!
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'T is a day to freemen dear,
Let us, then, each rolling year,
Keep the jubilee!
Long and bloody was the fray,
Ere Columbia gained the day,
Lowly many a hero lay,
Dying to be free!
But immortal Washington
Led Columbia's patriots on,
Till the glorious prize was won,
Peace and Liberty!
Ere Columbia gained the day,
Lowly many a hero lay,
Dying to be free!
But immortal Washington
Led Columbia's patriots on,
Till the glorious prize was won,
Peace and Liberty!
| The poetical works of Samuel Woodworth | |