Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-04-19
UNION AND LIBERTY.
Tune-.4NAcREoN IN HEAVR,

UNION AND LIBERTY.
Iune-.4NAcREoN IN HEAVRN
Hark! the trumpet of war from the East
sounds alarms,
And Columbia forwarns to prepare for COM
motion,
Mighty Gallia on land bends the world to her
arms,
While Britannia enslaves with her navy the
ocean;
BY no laws they're restrained,
Every right they've disdained, IN
With the slaughter of millions their caase IS
maintained; -
Then unite, all We sons of Colurnbis, unite,
Your country demands yoa-prepare for the
fight. 90
The lust Of dominion each tyrant inf'aures,,yS
And Europe enkhdles in fiercest contention /;
BY strength if they fail to accomplish their
aims,
Intrigue lights the fire ofintestine dissention {;
Fen our realms they have tried
BY finesse to divide,
But their force and their cunning alike we de
ride,
For as one will the sons Of Columbia unite,
When their country demands them, and
march for the fight.
Napoleon may boast of the deeds he has done,
ander,
May count all the victories his vassals have
won,
Where slaves were his foes and slave their
commander,
Swift as light thro' the sky,
= Should his myrmidons fly,
As a rampant our breasts their attacks would
defy, ~
For as one will the sons of Columbia unite,
.ha,r ,Ian, Them. and.
march for the fight. 50
Let, Old England exult in her castles OF wood,
And shake every port in the East with her
thunder,
Let her quench her ambition with oceans OF
blood,
And winged by the winds, feed her avarice with
plunder,
Her huge lion may roar,
With his name bathed in gore;
Still Americas Eagle triumphant shall soar;
For as one will the sons of Columbia unite,
When their country demands them, and
march for the fight.
When our Ancestors sought in this cline
retreat,
From the horrors of slavery and fell perse.
cution
The Goddess of Freedom here planted her
seat,
Secured by its distance from Europe's pol.
LUTON;
And her haliowed fame
Undefiled shall remain,
Till time shall be lost in eternity's reign
For as one will the sons of Go umbia unite,
When their country demands them, and
march for the fight.
Tho orr Moses has mounted to regions of
day,
Where heroes e'er banquet on blisses SUPER
nal,
We have thousands of Joshuas who still point
the way,
That shall! proudly conduct US TO glory eter-
nal
While each patriot sire,
Like pillar o. fire,
Round his orb sheds light that shall never
expire:
Then as one will the sons of Columbia unite,
When their country demands them, and
march for the fight.
Our Wales each production luxuriant will yield,
The stores of the world on our cline are at
tendant,
Not blade but proclaims as it waves on the
field,
That in fact, as of right, we may be iraePen-
dent;
All the groves catch the sound,
Every stream bears it round,
While its echoes from mountain to mountain
rebound,
Then as one will the sons of Columbia unite,
When their country demands them, and
march for the fight.
Then the blood-hounds of war, an infuriate
band,
May threat with their legions the worlds de-
vastation
Protected by union our country shall stand,
Like the mountain Of ages till earth's conaa-
grafton;
And when Liberty flies,
To her seat III the skies,
Upborne on her wings every votary shall rise
Then as one will the sons OF Columbia unite,
When their country demands them, and
march for the fight.
From THE 1TILITARr MONITOR.
TO THE CITIZENS