The Southern Literary Messenger, Vol. II., No. 6, May, 1836

Name: The Southern Literary Messenger, Vol. II., No. 6, May, 1836
Author: Various

Various

American literature -- 19th century -- Periodicals

Come then great shades of glorious men,
  From your still glorious grave;
  Look on your own proud land again,
  Oh! bravest of the brave!
  We call ye from each mould'ring tomb,
  And each blue wave below,
  To bless the world ye snatch'd from doom,
  _Two hundred years ago!_

  Then to your harps--yet louder--higher--
  And pour your strains along,
  And smite again each quiv'ring wire,
  In all the pride of song!
  Shout _for_ those godlike men of old,
  Who daring storm and foe,
  On this bless'd soil their anthem roll'd,
  TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO!

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The Southern Literary Messenger, Vol. II., No. 6, May, 1836Various

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The Southern Literary Messenger, Vol. II., No. 6, May, 1836

Various

American literature -- 19th century -- Periodicals

Come then great shades of glorious men,
  From your still glorious grave;
  Look on your own proud land again,
  Oh! bravest of the brave!
  We call ye from each mould'ring tomb,
  And each blue wave below,
  To bless the world ye snatch'd from doom,
  _Two hundred years ago!_

  Then to your harps--yet louder--higher--
  And pour your strains along,
  And smite again each quiv'ring wire,
  In all the pride of song!
  Shout _for_ those godlike men of old,
  Who daring storm and foe,
  On this bless'd soil their anthem roll'd,
  TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO!

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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