New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-26
TILE NATIONS HYMN.

TIE NATIONS HYMN.
Our pact is bright and grand
In tho purDle tlnts Of time;
And tie present OF our land,
Points to plogies more sublime.
For our destiny is woni
And Z ours TO lead the van,
OF the nations marching on,
OF the moving hosts OF man
Yes, the Starry Flag alone
Shall wave above the van
OF the nations sweeIing on,
OF the moving hosts OF mani
We are sprung from noble sizes,
As were ever sung IN song;
We are bold with Freedoms hires,
We are rich, and wise, and stron
On as are freely showeIed
The gifts Of every cline,
And we re the richest lowered
OF ali the heirs Of Tine!
Brothers then, III Union, strong,
We shal ever lead the van,
AS the nat ons sweep along,
TO fulfill the hopes Of mani
We are brothers; and we know
That our Union 10 a tower,
When the fiercest whIlwinds blow,
And the darkest tempests loweri
We shall sweep the land aud sea,
While we march, In Union great,
Thirty millions OF the free
With the steady sep Of fate!
Brothers then, in Union, strong,
Let us ever lead the van,
As the nations sweep along,
To fulfill the hopes Of mani
Bee our priiries, sky-suroundedl
See our eunlit mountain chains
See our waving woods, unbounded,
Aud our cities on The plains!
See the oceans kiss our strand,
Oceans stretched from pole to pole
See our mighty lakes expand,
And our giant rivers Toli !!
Such land. and such alone,
Should be leader Of the van,
Az the nations sweep along
10 fulfill the hopes Of man
Yes, the spirit of our Land,
The young giant Of the West,
With the waters in lie land,
With the forests for bis crest
To our hearts qnick, prond pulsatjons,
10 our shouts that still increase,
Shall yet lead Oh the nations,
To their brotherhood Of peace!
Yes, Columbia, great and strong,
shall forever lead the van,
As the nations sweep along,
To fulfil the hopes OF man
On the other hand, we cannot common
yeral Of the illusions Of Young America
Iich Mr.. White has embalmed in his odOr
,rous pages. For instance, we have rhyme
rsion Of the Declaration of Independence
ter this fashion:
hen in the eourse Of human events, people need
full fed
iey must dissolve the bonds that did them 3
another bind
I'd to assume, 'mongst earthly powers, a separate
equal station,
which by law they entitled are, as well as b!
creation;
such events, respect demands that they shoult
then declare
e reasons that impell'dthe change, and what IL,
causes ore.
9 the Americansl hold these, as truths self
evident,
at men created equal are, when on this eartl
they re sent,
18th rights inalienable endcwd, as liberty and lie
lrsuit Of happiness as well within this world 0
strifel.
A sort Of chronicle ballad, logger by hal
an "Cheyy Chace," opens as follows:
FOR TIE NATION A CHRONICLE.
o land of America Of tie sing
As prophetic visions Ger the Rise
Thou Boosted land without king
Thy Glory granted from the skies
From poperys plaques thy children wore
Among heather driven to find hOmn
And tho pilgrim fathers TO God did nv ar
That popery among them should not (
Here is touch OF the "Orpblc." ri.
itch we close our extracts:
UNION.
liyidual several indi.integrstiye whole
rnorcal nationality national soul