 | The national jubilee, and other miscellaneous poems |  |
INDEPENDENCE.
Composed July 4th, 1819.
Let deafning cannon peal to heaven—
Their kindled thunders jar the earth—
Lo, this the day to glory given—
The day that hail'd a Nation's birth!
Their kindled thunders jar the earth—
Lo, this the day to glory given—
The day that hail'd a Nation's birth!
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Let the full soul from south to north,
Join to proclaim the wonderous day—
Let shouting millions on the Fourth,
Shrill to the heavens the news convey!
Join to proclaim the wonderous day—
Let shouting millions on the Fourth,
Shrill to the heavens the news convey!
The theme demands creation's tongue
To strike its note sublimely high—
The anthem first Columbia sung,
And shall be heard till Time shall die!
To strike its note sublimely high—
The anthem first Columbia sung,
And shall be heard till Time shall die!
As blackening whirlwinds edg'd with fire,
Bear terrour to the guilty name,
So tyrants one by one expire,
Consum'd by Freedom's hallow'd flame!
Bear terrour to the guilty name,
So tyrants one by one expire,
Consum'd by Freedom's hallow'd flame!
Th' impatient goblets, charge with wine—
Let every eye invoke the sphere;
Kneel—pledge the sages—names divine!
And hail them with enraptur'd tear!
Let every eye invoke the sphere;
Kneel—pledge the sages—names divine!
And hail them with enraptur'd tear!
We this proud day to them decree,
And swear with an uplifted hand,
That we'll maintain their legacy,
Or sprinkle with our blood the land!
And swear with an uplifted hand,
That we'll maintain their legacy,
Or sprinkle with our blood the land!
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