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THE HEROES OF THE LATE WAR.
Then fame throughout the land is spread,
Who o'er the rebels bore the sway;
The lambs have struck the lions dead
And taken falseright stores away.
Who o'er the rebels bore the sway;
The lambs have struck the lions dead
And taken falseright stores away.
Their names shall live from age to age
And flourish in unfading prime,
Till nature's beauties shall assuage
And languish from the death of time.
And flourish in unfading prime,
Till nature's beauties shall assuage
And languish from the death of time.
In thunder let the pean war,
The trumpet of the northern bands,
And bid the vassal doubt no more,
That grovelled hopeless thro' the land.
The trumpet of the northern bands,
And bid the vassal doubt no more,
That grovelled hopeless thro' the land.
O liberty, forbear to weep,
Thy hostile cloud will soon be o'er,
For sure thy God forbears to sleep
Or slumber on the western shore.
Thy hostile cloud will soon be o'er,
For sure thy God forbears to sleep
Or slumber on the western shore.
We homage pay to friends so dear,
And lowly cower at their feet;
We trace them with a smile and tear,
And sing, the conquest is replete.
And lowly cower at their feet;
We trace them with a smile and tear,
And sing, the conquest is replete.
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Yes, yes, replete with freedom's fire,
Fought for so faithful night and day,
Who wrung our transports from the lyre;
Arise my friends and come away.
Fought for so faithful night and day,
Who wrung our transports from the lyre;
Arise my friends and come away.
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