Were one daughter of light Indulged in her flight, They might all be engulphed by old Chaos and night; So must none of our sisters be suffered to run, IV. Let the Demon of discord our melody mar, Or Treason's red hand rend our system asunder, Break one string from our harp, or extinguish one star, The whole system's ablaze with its lightning and thunder. Let that discord be hushed! Let the traitors be crushed, Though "Legion" their name, all with victory flushed; For aye must our motto stand, fronting the sun, "E Pluribus Unum "-The many are one. This most ingenious and fanciful composition is quite perfect in its kind, and will add a bright and ever green leaf to the wreath of one of our veteran and most highly esteemed poets. Commencing at a point remote from its subject, it compels the very laws of harmony and gravitation into the service of patriotism. The ingenuity with which this is done makes the reading of the poem a succession of pleasing surprises, each surpassing the other, till they culminate in the last lines of the last stanza. But in spite of this artful contrivance, nay, by very reason of it, the brilliancy of the song, like the blaze of a beacon, is a warning 64708B to those who would be attracted by its light. For with all its intrinsic excellence, it is ill adapted to music, and is a model of what a song intended for a national hymn ought not to be. At the request of a lady who rescued it from the buck-basket herein before mentioned, I give the following song,—placing it here because its simplicity and manifest intentional adaptation to mere vocal purposes, contrast strongly with the style of the one last given. It had no title; and the envelope containing the name of its author was not recovered. I. Flag of freemen gone before us, While thy starry folds float o'er us, All the land, from sea to sea, Now and ever shall be free. Mindful of our fathers' story, Be our care from age to age, Chorus. Flag of freemen gone before us All the land, from sea to sea, Now and ever shall be free. II. Heroes lived and died to gain it. For this land from sea to sea, Freemen born of every nation, Heart and hand for this shall plight, Chorus. Flag of freemen, &c. II. Bold alone, united bolder, Let it glorious and strong, Shield the right and crush the wrong. Chorus. Flag of freemen, &c. IV. Truth shall govern, honor fire us; Not in vain the world shall see God has made this people free. Chorus. Flag of freemen gone before us, All the land, from sea to sea, Now and ever shall be free. GOD SAVE OUR FATHERLAND. BY REV. JOHN H. HOPKINS I. God save our Fatherland, from shore to shore ! No hand shall peril it, No strife shall sever it, East, West, North, and South; One evermore! Chorus. God save our Fatherland, true home of freedom! mf Solo, God save our Fatherland, One evermore. One in her hills and streams, One in her glorious dreams, One in love's noblest themes! MUSIC BY C. JEROME HOPKINS. 1 God save our Father-land, From shore to shore. Maestoso. mf Cres. God save our Father-land, One ever more; Cres. II. Strong in the hearts of men, love is thy throne ! Nations have sighed for thee! Our sires have died for thee! We all are true to thee. All are thine own! Chorus. God save our Fatherland, blest home of God save our Fatherland, One evermore. One in her hills and streams, One in her glorious dreams, One in love's noblest themes! No hand shall per-il it, No strife shall sev - er it, Cres. East, West, and North and South, One evermore. |