William McCarty, comp. The American National Song Book. 1842.
Congress of 1776William Bingham Tappan (17941849)
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Secured existence to a rising world:
Whose generous hearts were ever prompt to bleed,
When godlike Liberty her scroll unfurl’d:
And bless the country of your earliest love;
Inspire your offspring, and, O, bid again,
The flame of virtue every impulse move.
I see the halo of unnumber’d years,—
Annals unknown your mighty worth proclaim;
And deathless time your memory endears.