William McCarty, comp. The American National Song Book. 1842.
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Thy spirit, Freedom, soar’d sublime;
Sail’d o’er the regions of the earth,
And pointed to this infant clime.
Thy spirit shall the magnet be
That guides thy sons to victory.
Behold Columbia’s star arise!
Warm’d by its beam, the gallant brave
A mighty foe in arms defies.
That star the unerring guide shall be
That leads her sons to victory.
Her glorious banner proudly spread;
And Britons, first in naval fame,
Beneath her valour nobly bled.
Her star that o’er the contest glow’d,
The lustre of a nation show’d.
Loudly her heroes’ arms resound:
Unawed by numbers, there they raise
Her gallant fleet, with glory crown’d.
While light can guide, and valour shield,
Columbia to no power shall yield.
The terror of her name ascends;
While, dauntless, through the whelming tide
The hero’s zeal her cause defends.
His deeds shall make the world proclaim
The glory of Columbia’s name.
No perils can his soul affright;
Bold as his hopes, his efforts rise,
His country is his guiding light
Her safety turns his steps to war,
Her freedom is his leading star.
Brave Lawrence, court the raging wave;
Flash, like a sunbeam, through the storm,
And grasp, in death, the warrior’s grave.
Thy star, Columbia, sunk in gloom,
And long shall glimmer on his tomb.
Art near, to warm the warrior’s soul;
And many a hero through the fight,
Now hails thee in the cannon’s roll.
Thy spirit shall his angel be
To guide his arms to victory.
Thou land of hope, with plenty bless’d!
Thy blooming plains, by Nature given,
No foe nor stranger shall molest:
For bold thy sons shall ever be
To guard thy rights o’er land and sea.
Shall long in bright succession lie,
While Glory stamps the hero’s name,
And waves the conquering flag on high.
Thy star with time shall brighter shine,
And give to Fame a ray divine.
Her olive-leaf and blooming crest;
Her smile extend through Nature’s gloom,
And pierce the cloud that veils her breast.
Then hail, Columbia’s star divine,
For peace and victory shall be thine.