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William McCarty, comp. The American National Song Book. 1842.

An Ode: ‘Hark! the goddess of Fame’

Addressed to the Freemen of America, and of Pennsylvania in particular, on the dreadful crisis of affairs—From the Pennsylvania Evening Post, November 30, 1775.

HARK! the goddess of Fame,

Fair liberty’s dame,

Has sounded her trumpet victorious:

To Americans all

She sounds her loud call,

To join in a cause that is glorious.

For your freedom and lives,

Your children and wives

To defend, is the time now or never;

Then tyrants oppose,

America’s foes,

And be freemen both now and forever.

Your grandsires of old

Were courageous and bold:

By the smiles and the blessings of Heaven,

Obtained this land,

And by their command,

To you, as their heirs, it was given.

May Heaven inspire

Their sons with their fire,

For greater your danger was never:

And while trumpets’ alarms

Now sound you to arms,

Be valiant your rights to recover.

Future eras of time

Will gratefully join

In the praise of true patriot sages;

America free

Forever shall be,

Through all the vast volumes of ages.