Another year has passed away,
And brings again the glorious day
When Freedom from her slumber woke,
And broke the British tyrant’s yoke —
Unfurled her standard to the air,
In gorgeous beauty, bright and fair —
Pealed forth the sound of war’s alarms,
And called her patriot sons to arms!
They rushed, inspired by Freedom’s name,
To fight for liberty and fame;
To meet the mercenary band,
And drive them from their native land.
Almighty God! grant us, we pray,
The self-same spirit on this day,
That, through the storm of battle, then
Did actuate those patriot men!
May those great truths which they maintained
Through years of deadly strife and toil,
Be by their children well sustained,
Till slavery ceases on our soil —
Till every wrong shall be redressed,
And every bondman be set free;
And from the north, south, east and west,
Peans shall rise to Liberty.
May that same God whose
(James Monroe Whitfield)
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