III.

Thus Liberty dawned from the midnight of years;
And here rose her altar. Oh kneel at her shrine!
Her blessings unnumbered--ye children of tears,
Whatever be thy Fatherland--lo they are thine!
In faith and in joy, let us cherish the light,
That comes like the sunshine all warm from above,
For thus shall the Demons that sprung from the night
Of the Past fade away in the noontide of love.
Bright Star of the West--broad Land of the Free,
The wreath and the anthem are woven for thee!


IV.

Stern Seer of the future, thy curtain unroll,
And show to long ages our empire of peace--
Where man never bent to the despot's control,
And the spirit of liberty never shall cease.
Our Stars and our Stripes 'mid battle's loud thunder,
Were bound by our sires in the wedlock of love--
Oh! ne'er shall the spirit of strife put asunder,
The UNION thus hallowed by spirits above.
Bright Star of the West--broad Land of the Free,
The wreath and the anthem are woven for thee!