William McCarty, comp. The American National Song Book. 1842.
The AppealF
Bid Columbia’s eagle soar!
Once our deeds have rung in story;
Burns the patriot flame no more?
In its gristle found too strong:
That, by which her hosts were smitten,
Shall that arm be palsied long?
To a tyrant’s stripes and chains!
Partisan! hast thou no feeling,
When the hardy tar complains?
Victim of relentless power!
Stout his heart is, but must fail him
In this evil, trying hour!
Ere he launch’d upon the deep:
These shall ne’er again behold him;
These are left alone to weep.
Snapp’d the cord of tender ties!
While his manly heart is swelling,
To the winds he gives his sighs.
Snatch him from the tyrant’s power;
And thy country then shall have him,
Friend in peril’s darkest hour.