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Columbus looked and still around them spread	A
From south to north th' immeasurable shade	B
At last the central shadows burst away	C
And rising regions open'd on the day	C
He saw once more bright Del'ware's silver stream	D
And Penn's throng'd city cast a cheerful gleam	D
The dome of state that met his eager eye	E
Now heav'd its arches in a loftier sky	E
The bursting gates unfold and lo within	F
A solemn train in conscious glory shine	G
The well known forms his eye had trac'd before	H
In diff'rent realms along th' extended shore	H
Here grac'd with nobler fame and rob'd in state	I
They look'd and mov'd magnificently great	I
High on the foremost seat in living light	J
Majestic Randolph caught the hero's sight	J
Fair on his head the civic crown was plac'd	K
And the first dignity his sceptre grac'd	K
He opes the cause and points in prospect far	L
Thro' all the toils that wait th' impending war	H
But hapless sage thy reign must soon be o'er	M
To lend thy lustre and to shine no more	H
So the bright morning star from shades of ev'n	N
Leads up the dawn and lights the front of heav'n	N
Points to the waking world the sun's broad way	C
Then veils his own and shines above the day	C
And see great Washington behind thee rise	O
Thy following sun to gild our morning skies	O
O'er shadowy climes to pour the enliv'ning flame	P
The charms of freedom and the fire of fame	P
Th' ascending chief adorn'd his splendid seat	Q
Like Randolph ensign'd with a crown of state	I
Where the green patriot bay beheld with pride	R
The hero's laurel springing by its side	R
His sword hung useless on his graceful thigh	E
On Britain still he cast a filial eye	E
But sov'reign fortitude his visage bore	H
To meet their legions on th' invaded shore	H
Sage Franklin next arose in awful mien	N
And smil'd unruffled o'er th' approaching scene	N
High on his locks of age a wreath was brac'd	K
Palm of all arts that e'er a mortal grac'd	K
Beneath him lies the sceptre kings have borne	N
And crowns and laurels from their temples torn	N
Nash Rutledge Jefferson in council great	I
And Jay and Laurens op'd the rolls of fate	I
The Livingstons fair Freedom's gen'rous band	S
The Lees the Houstons fathers of the land	S
O'er climes and kingdoms turn'd their ardent eyes	O
Bade all th' oppressed to speedy vengeance rise	O
All pow'rs of state in their extended plan	N
Rise from consent to shield the rights of man	N
Bold Wolcott urg'd the all important cause	T
With steady hand the solemn scene he draws	U
Undaunted firmness with his wisdom join'd	V
Nor kings nor worlds could warp his stedfast mind	W
Now graceful rising from his purple throne	N
In radiant robes immortal Hosmer shone	N
Myrtles and bays his learned temples bound	X
The statesman's wreath the poet's garland crown'd	X
Morals and laws expand his liberal soul	Y
Beam from his eyes and in his accents roll	Y
But lo an unseen hand the curtain drew	Z
And snatch'd the patriot from the hero's view	Z
Wrapp'd in the shroud of death he sees descend	A2
The guide of nations and the muses' friend	A2
Columbus dropp'd a tear The angel's eye	E
Trac'd the freed spirit mounting thro' the sky	E
Adams enrag'd a broken charter bore	H
And lawless acts of ministerial pow'r	L
Some injur'd right in each loose leaf appears	B2
A king in terrors and a land in tears	C2
From all the guileful plots the veil he drew	Z
With eye retortive look'd creation through	Z
Op'd the wide range of nature's boundless plan	N
Trac'd all the steps of liberty and man	N
Crowds rose to vengeance while his accents rung	D2
And Independence thunder'd from his tongue	D2

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