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Sons of the Revolution
WRITTEN FOR THE IOWA SOCIETY BY REV. SAMUEL FRANCIS SMITH, D.D.
APRIL 19, 1775-1894.
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Praise to the brave and true,
Men prompt to dare, and do,
To do, or die;
Blazoned on history's page,
Men for their stormy age,
Fearless the fight to wage;
Scorning to fly.
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They, with prophetic eye,
Saw, through the lurid sky,
The goal they sought, -
A nation of the free,
A land of liberty,
O glorious thought!
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But forward, onward still,
They of the iron will
Pressed, undismayed;
A nation's love they claim,
Born to immortal fame,
What lustre lights each name,
Never to fade.
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They hailed the coming state,
Patient to toil and - wait,
Suffered and bled;
Death strode o'er hill and plain,
With hunger, cold, and pain,
Hope rose, - to sink again,
Till years had fled.
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Hail patriots! whose brave hands
Over these free, fair lands
Their flag unfurled;
Men by all times admired,
to noble deeds inspired,
By whom "the shot" was "fired,
Heard 'round the world."
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O sons of noble sires,
Who amid war's dread fires
To triumph rode, -
Proud of the deeds they wrought,
With countless blessings fraught,
Cherish the land they bought, -
The gift of God. |
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| NEWTON CENTRE, APRIL 19, 1894. |
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- Samuel Francis Smith |
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