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CARROLL OF CARROLLTON,
AN IMPROMPTU.
On hearing of his being attacked with dangerous illness, September 6th, 1827.
He is the last! the last of those,
Who set their names to Freedom's Seal—
Who from pride's summit hurl'd their foes,
And made the stubborn monarch kneel.
Who set their names to Freedom's Seal—
Who from pride's summit hurl'd their foes,
And made the stubborn monarch kneel.
Spare him, ye Powers! our guide, our chart—
A nation holds him to her breast;
His life is precious to the heart—
Bid health return and make us bless'd!
A nation holds him to her breast;
His life is precious to the heart—
Bid health return and make us bless'd!
He is the last—the only one!
O! how resign him to the grave!
Fled from our arms, hath Jefferson—
Him for his anxious country save!
O! how resign him to the grave!
Fled from our arms, hath Jefferson—
Him for his anxious country save!
A few brief days, are all we ask,
(If such with Heaven is the decree,)
O! may he yield his earthly task,
Upon the nation's Jubilee!
(If such with Heaven is the decree,)
O! may he yield his earthly task,
Upon the nation's Jubilee!
Then will our grief but reach the soul,
To make it soft as bliss in tears—
The day, our sorrows will control,
To hail him as he mounts the spheres!
To make it soft as bliss in tears—
The day, our sorrows will control,
To hail him as he mounts the spheres!
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He is the last!—he is the last!
Say not his sands of life are run—
His virtues, his example, past,
Carroll the sage of Carrollton!
Say not his sands of life are run—
His virtues, his example, past,
Carroll the sage of Carrollton!
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