North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-06-18
IFor the Standard.
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LINES, t-es -s .g-.
Suggested dy the address of Mr.. Arey before the t,co
Literary Societies at Chapel HILL.
All hail to hce thou good old State, the noblest of the
band,
Who raised the flag of Liberty in this native land
All hail to thee thy worthy first to spurn the
! yoke, @ 51.- ~ 468 a41f
The Tyrants letters from their hands at Meckenburg
! they broke. ~-T
No coward foresight they possessed perils brink
Nor waited for sister State to lead in Freedoms cause
"Our lives, our fortunes the cry our honors and
our all,
We lay upon counys shrine, answer her cal'
From every heart there shout, "no longer will
we lie, .-....
Submissive at the tyrants feet, we'll conquer or wei de-
For freedom and our liberties we'll brave proud Eng
! lands host
Kings Mount and Guford prove it braggarts
! idle boast,
There England found worthy foe her farfamed steel
| had met;
Firm the rock fathers stood and crossed the bay
onet,*
Locked in the fierce embrace of steel they brdvey met
| their death,
Each bore his foeman to the ground then yielded up
| his breath.
All proudly hrobs my heart to tell how noby there they
| died,
native of the Old North State hail with honest pride.
Nor less glory in that band, thatfr uninchng band
Who met in good old Mecklenburg, the chosen of the
land,
With pride number DER the of Polk, Brcvard,
and Reese,
Of Avery and of Graham+ and many more than these,
Who pledged their sacred honor, their fortunes lives,
and all,
" To spread the fire of Freedom to conquer fall.
They broke the bands that bound them the mother
country's crown,
For it trampled their freedom and beat them
down.
Then noble Davidson, our Ellington and Hewse,
And brave old Captain jack who to Congress bore the
That the sacred fire of freedom which at Lexington ba-
zed high,
From the heights of good old Charlotte iIIumned the
Southern sky.
Not less noby did her daughters do their duty in the
! strife,
At Moore's Creek the gallant secumb might glory in
| his wife;
There shone the noble spirit of Cardinals daughter
In caring for the wounded brought from that fearful
| saughter
And when the fight ended tho her friends around
| bleeding,
Oh her the prisoners with CaseI interccding
Many others could number, but time would fail to tell
Of the mother of CASTOR, the wife of Caldwell,
Of stately Mrs Wilson, who from Tarlton would not flee.
OF witty Mrs. Ashe and her cutting repartee.
All nobly did parents adorn their native State,
With many deed of vaor, too numerous 10 relate;
/ Their brave and generous actions placed crown upon
! her brow,
But ah her younger children add but little to it
See, mournfuy she standeth the last in every good
Save the honour of her children and their noble hard
| hood.
find sag forged The honorS, which from Mecklenburg
J we claim.
1t was Jefferson who said it. and tho years have glidcd by
There has risen no historian to prove it was lie.
| 1e sons of Carolina 1 bid you in her name
Devote your time and talents retrieve her furnished
fame.
Ye scattered thro the Union and by your sterling
! worth,
Are enrching State that which gave birth
Whatever your condition. wherever you found
In the ranks of the mechanic tiers of the ground
Among the learned professions, in the Legislative hail.
AS sailors, soldiers we excel in each and all.
For steady perseverance, for honesty and truth,
The sons of Carolina famous from their youth.
Then why desert those mountains where first your ar
dent souls
Flashed forth the fire of genius unettcred by control
Why leave her peaceful BOSOM her rich and fertile SOIL
10 seek an Ell Dorado, for gold to dig and toll!
All deep beneath her surface, she hieth many an ore
RIch gold as pure as OPhir CALIFORNIA; shore.
tell you ye wanting in the noble pride of State
Or you would not thus desert her. and leave her csola
Ye Youth of Carona-I call upon you now,
10 add one single jewel to the upon her brow
GU are enering from her College, the battle fields of life
And her fostering has armed you right nobly for thu
strife.
Walk onward then to glory, seek literary fame.
And with the pen of History write Caro!ine's
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