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They've summoned their nefarious bands,
With whom they've struck polluted hands,
And compassed Freedom's altar round
And sought to raze it to the ground;
That altar of unbounded worth
Bequeathed by gracious heaven to earth,
Like as a monument to stand
As a design for every land,
That in each clime and realm might be
A beautiful fac simile;
That unto each there might be brought
The off'ring of the patriot,
Composed of treasure and of blood,
And offered in the name of God.
With whom they've struck polluted hands,
And compassed Freedom's altar round
And sought to raze it to the ground;
That altar of unbounded worth
Bequeathed by gracious heaven to earth,
Like as a monument to stand
As a design for every land,
That in each clime and realm might be
A beautiful fac simile;
That unto each there might be brought
The off'ring of the patriot,
Composed of treasure and of blood,
And offered in the name of God.
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