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Day
24
Month
July
Year
1863
Copyright
Public Domain
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O country, marvel of the earth ! O reahn to sudden greatness grown! The age tliat gloried in thy birth, Shall it belmltl thee overthrown"! Shall traitors lay that greatness low 1 No, Land of Hope and Blessing, No 1 And we who wearthy glorious name, Shall we, like cravens, stand apart, Wlieu those whora tliey have trusted, a!m The death-blow at thy generous heait 1 Forth goes the battle-cry, and lo ! Ilusts rise in harneas, shouting, No ! And they who founded, in our land, The power that rules from sea to sea, Bleed they in vain, or vainly planned To leave their country great or free 1 Thoir sleeping ashes iïom below, Send up their thrilling ruurmur, No ! Knit they gentle ties which long These sister States were proud to wear And forged the kindly links so strong Fot idle hands in sport to tear - For scornful hands aside to throw "! No, by our father's memory, No! Our humming marts, our ron ways, Ourwind-iossed woods on mountain crest The hoarse Atlantic with its bars, The calm. broad Ocean of the West, And MissUsippi'a torrent-flow, And loud Niágara, answer, No! Not yet the hour is nigh, when they Who deep in Eld's dim twilight sit. Earth's ancient king shall rise and say ''Proud country, welcome to the pit! So soon art thou, like us, brought low V' No, sullen group of shadows, No ! For now, behold the arm that gave The victory in our father's day, Strong as of old, to gaard and save - , That mighty arm which none can stay On clouds above and üelds below, Writes, in men's sight, the answer, No 1

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Old News
Michigan Argus