America

Hail, America! hail! unrivall'd in fame, Thy foes in confusion turn pale at thy name, On the rock-rooted harbor firmly seated sublime, Below thee break, harmless, the billows of time. Thy striped flag wave still, and glory ensue, And FREEDOM find ever a guardian in you. Huzza, huzza, huzza! Ye brave Americans, whom Freedom secures; For the high car of crest-blazing glory is yours.

Our bosoms enraptur'd beat high at thy name; Thy health is our transport, thy trumpet our fame; Like our sires, with our swords we'll support their renown, What they bought with their blood we'll defend with our own. Smile, ye guardians of Freedom, while your brave sons implore That America may flourish when time is no more. Huzza, Huzza, huzza! Ye brave Americans, whom Freedom secures; For the blessings of Virtue and Plenty are yours.

Let Spain boast the treasures that grow in her mines, While France spends her blood in exalted designs; In bright sparkling jewels let India prevail, And thy odors, Arabia distuse in each gale: Columbia and Gallia are blest with a soil Where the fair fruits of Virtue and Liberty smile. Huzza, &c.

With rapture and love our beauties we prize, With their rose-blooming cheeks and their languishing eyes: Haste, ye Graces, and Venus to Columbia repair, Fit consorts for heroes—the first of the fair: For to whom shall the blessings of Freedom descend But the sons of those fires who dar'd Freedom defend? Huzza, &c,

Not ambitious of keeping the world in a flame, May Friendship and Peace be forever our aim— Immortal in virtue, immortal in prime, May Liberty flourish and honor our clime; Oppression be kept at a distance from hence— No tyrants and thrones at the people's expence. Huzza, huzza, huzza! Ye brave Americans, whom Freedom secures, For the blessings of Virtue and Plenty are yours.