Solemn Dirge. L. M

Columbia, VIRTUE, FREEDOM, rise! And sweep the plaintive chords of woe; A NATION's tears; an EMPIRE's sighs, Mourn WASHINGTON, by death, laid low.

The PATRIOT, HERO, SAGE combin'd; The Good, the Great, the Brave, the Just; The SIRE, and FRIEND of human KIND, Of Men the BEST, of Men the FIRST!

'Tis WASHINGTON who bows the head! His Virtues tow'r above the grave; The Hero, Patriot, Sage, is dead! GEORGE WASHINGTON, the Good, the Brave.

A WASHINGTON can never die! The Good, the Great, the god-like Brave, In ev'ry tear, in ev'ry sigh Shall live, and triumph o'er the grave.

The world's vast round is VIRTUE's urn; But all our Hearts shall be his grave; There Love's eternal lamp shall burn; And Life entomb the Good, the Brave.

COLUMBIA, VIRTUE, FREEDOM, FAME, Shall twine the LAUREL, CIVIC wreath; And ANGELS bear th' immortal NAME Above,—beyond the grasp of Death.