The Pyramid Of The Fifteen American States[62]

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Barbara Pyramidum sileat miracula Memphis;[a] Heu, male servili marmora structa manu! Libera jam, ruptis, Atlantias ora, catenis, Jactat opus Phario marmore nobilius: Namque Columbiadæ, facti monumenta parantes, Vulgarem spernunt sumere materiam; Magnanimi coelum scandunt, perituraque saxa Quod vincat, celsa de Jovis arce petunt Audax inde cohors stellis E Pluribus Unum Ardua Pyramidos tollit ad astra caput. Ergo, Tempus edax, quamvis durissima sævo Saxa domas morsu, nil ibi juris habes: Dumque polo solitis cognata nitoribus ardent Sidera fulgebit Pyramis illa suis!

[a] The Latin verses were written by Mr. John Carey, formerly of Philadelphia.--Freneau's note.