William McCarty, comp. The American National Song Book. 1842.
Bolivar; or, the Hero of LibertyH
Spread your triumph wide and far,
Madrid’s scepter’d wretch turns pale,
Hail, illustrious Bolivar!
Lives and lights Columbia’s star;
Friend of man and liberty,
Hail, illustrious Bolivar!
Dungeon chains and Tyranny’s bar;
Broken—snapt in Freedom’s hour;
Hail, illustrious Bolivar!
Ride supreme in Victory’s car;
Myriads shall the joy-strain give—
“Hail, illustrious Bolivar!”
“Naught can man’s prerogative mar,
Free we’ll breathe, or free we’ll die;”
Hail, illustrious Bolivar!
Glorious shines the southern star;
Liberty gems the patriot’s name,
Hail, illustrious Bolivar!