Birth-day song of liberty :: :: University of Virginia Library

Let us sing to the Lord a New Song now of Glory—
Let us sing—that this Song may be sung here alway—
From the Star-girdled throne of this world's promontory,
Of this Fourth of July. Fredom's Hero-born Day.
See! the bright Morning Stars of this Great Day are shining
On the white Irised Field of this Banner unfurled,
Floating high up in Heaven, to that Heaven now divining,
In its still silent thunders, God's will to the world!
Let us sing to the Lord for this Day's Celebration,
While we stand here enthroned under Liberty's Tree,
Where the Thirty-six Stars make the bright Constellation
Of the Land of the Beautiful, the Land of the Free.
Then strike the bold harp! sing aloud, friends, forever,
While the Star flag of Freedom floats over the Sea,
Of the deeds of those Heroes whose fame shall die never
In the Land of the Beautiful, the Land of the Free—
The Land of the Glorious—
Great Washington victorious
Over all the foul Legions that came to destroy us—
Land of the Beautiful! Land of the Free!

There are thirty-one States, seven Territories, and one District—thirty-six being used for euphony.