English poem
The Genius of America. a Song
by Joel Barlow (1754–1812)
Where spirits dwell and shad'wy forms, On Andes' cliffs mid black'ning storms, With livid lightnings curl'd: The awful genius of our clime, In thunder rais'd his voice sublime, And hush'd the list'ning world.
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