North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1839-04-18

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TIE srpsssioa fes his brs.Afsn here.
Go kstA. ts Sc. Bsneit. and wasls srd kill
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And bad lAesr wosssa TO the wheel
"CoA and glsty shall be yes's,
Ard yss rns, hsra yons asaalsss foo bs..dss"
They rushed into the plsib--load vas the roar
OF heir career The horseuea shock the earth,
TN wAssfa uslllery's speed tho Pasemsu, tore;
The iafsnlsy. Gle sher Gle did pour
Their eloads On the mmOs, halls.
Thsas days shsy slew tina geuftA saw gsrs
Ssfssm through The ,owns-oa the fifth. the dew
90 slaughter beearas cuff and thsts was peace
snsW.
Peace 10 the desert 6slds and villages,
DetwesA the bafpse cattle and mangled dead
Peace ia The silica. streets save when the cries
or victims, by the depot, to the dungeon led,
Made pale each Canadian's voiceicas lips
Lest. even 10 their dearest kindred,
sosae voice be faithless to their eounuy's wrongs
Peace in ihsyrant'slpalses. where the tory ,hrong
Waste their uiumPhd hours 10 festival and song.
Day after day the burning sun rolls on
Over the despOtie aad death devoted land.
There 10 no food; the grain is carried of;
The aoehs and herds are gone the widow fur
nitufe,
The orphans clothing, ail--aIl are gene,
The booty Of the pirate plundersr -
And the mother sith her iafan, in her arms,
sbsterless was drivea to perish in the snow
And one by ono young maidens eams
With weeping eyes-lks shapes Of living stone,
And by tho Light o. their sire's dwellings fame
And in the fierce winters cold, they laid them
down
= % sung slow sweet sons-'twss LIBERTY!
Aud AZ they died, the Pairio, came,
His home was burnt, his wife had perishsd--
His goods were gone, and his daughters ravished.
lie loOk'd upon his family, frozen in the snow
Upon bis once fond home-nov made desolats
And covered with black and smoking ruins;
lie wspt not, he leaned upon his sword,
And chlls ran through his veins. and be stood
As Il fixed TO earth.--At length he reused
HIMSELF His country called him,
And oil that made man.
30 Ced" he said, nerve my arm.
Direct my sword; lie, atyrant feel
The vengeance Of PATRIOTS STEEL,
Briiain's threats and Britsin's mercy defy,
Lei recreants yield who fear 20 dis."
His dark eyes aashod, his proud breast heaved
With the high and stern resolve, that
His own good sword should drink deep.
For the foil measure Of his country's wrongs, II
. This days work will breed revenge; spirit''
He said, " that shall burn and burn, with FIRE /
Unquenchablcs. This days work has sealed u
The fate Of the jaokall-,ory and red-coa. foe
Five years from this, and they, to their Island !
He'll shall 40.
Fate DEGREES tina, those who dare TO BE- Of the free
shall ever win the glorious boon Of Liberty"
CoLrRIpeE &Co. In
Montpelier, VT, 1889. c