The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-12
NATIONAL ANTHEm-ns70.
nY WILLIAM D. sALr.AaHEn.

Cries Freedom from her mountain heights:
=. what of the Wales that lie belowl
Who nov the o den battle fights
AGAINST the oiden foe ~
Slcta Luxury and Ponp and Pride
Rose each ia turn aud each replis d;
While Free M, with her mouutatn-bird,
Laan'd from the eyried cliffs and heard.
said Sloth-on elbows stretchsd at length,
and looking mp with languid eyes:
{" Oar vAies are quiet; all our strength
quiet ever lies.
The ears come IN, the years go out;
We feel 10 jar, we hear no shout,
The centuries to their climax move,
But leave us quiet in their groove"
Said Luxury-from robes Of fur
And velvet skirts and beds of down:
t'We sometimes feel our mansions sir;
None yet have toPpled down;
The trumpet blast we hear afar
When nearer comes the din OF war,
W. send our luercenariGs Out.~
He spoke IN pain from gorge andsgout.
Said Pomp--beside his clanainR sword.
= hlle danced his 1.-THE and towering plume:
'' The way il short between my word
And every fceman's doern;
Thine enemies upon us come
With cianger think to strike us dumb;
I save IN. sword-I gige command
They fall, and gorge the thirsting land" !"
Saii Pride-who curld hie naughty lip,
And spoke in accents curt and loud:
as rarely ev'n finger dip
lu what conces ne the crowd
War comes Or not-T do not know:
/ neither feel nor fear its blow;
Ia lines OF Light, far back, see
The gold that still my shield shall be-"
Cries Freedom, from her mountain heights:
- spoke to men, and not to yOu,
Who nov the o.deu battle fights
To Freeds M who stands true7
Wiio arms ainst Aggressive Power
wlo wuits, 81 lf-poised, the perllous hourP
Aad Freedom, with her Inountain-bird,
1eSn'd from the cliffs again, and heard.
A roar wen. up rs from the sea;
A n-ulsitndinous host sang out;
TIE thunce.-shout Of victory
Is not manlier shout:
Stand, Fr' edom! on thy heights again;
And see arise, 80 meet thy ken,
The myriad forms of brawDy men !"
That shout through ali the welkin rang
And Freed ms eyes with glory fiash'd,
As inward DOW she sprang.
About her, fold sAluting fold,
The glitter1ng hag of fame unroE'd;
Its le ngtn, far-hoating up and down.
Flash ii with the stars of old renoWn.
Cries Freedam from her mountain heights,
Bright Of old the morning star,
- Who ns w, wi en- sounds the battle, Gghts 2"
The answer came from far:
'4' Lookl where the plow its burrows makes
Look where the field its greenness takes
Lock where comes in the loadsd vain
Look where is heap'o the gsrnsr'd grain!"
And this: Where in the crowded mart,
The hammer on the anvil rings;
And where, beside his groRning cart,
The driver walks and sings;
And where the spinner spins his thread:
And Whers the loom is deftly fed
Where flames the forge: and whsresoe'er
The braHny arm of L2bor's barc ]"
Cries Freedom from her mountain height,
As round her sweeps her bird sublime:
Enough! wrong triumphs not DER Right
Be patient; bide your tIme!"
Then rose az once, with load acclaim
A voice with judgment wingsd that came:
- SWEAR - a. We do swear, that earth may kno
When comes the hour. then falls the blowP'
Said Freedom, on her eyried cliffs,
Her listening. bird beside her now:
That voice brIngs MP no tands' or ifs.'
Asks not the when or hoy;'
But waits with patience, which is power,
Alike the vay, the means, the hour;
And pssrpose, hnk'd in such . chain,
Has Lever Jet been ba1kd or vain :"
Her wsrder-bird now caught the gleam
That shst from out her fiery eye;
Then echoed from the cliffs the scream
With which he rent the sky.
And then, ~ plains and valleys sang,
Mountains and hills responsive rang;
And freely to the gale was given
The banner Striped and sterrd from Heaven!
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