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22 gArnet poems from The Columbiad To equal fame ascends thy tuneful throng, The boast of genius and the pride of song; Caught from the cast of every age and clime, Their lays shall triumph o’er the lapse of time. With lynx-eyed glance through nature far to pierce, With all the powers and every charm of verse, Each science opening in his ample mind, His fancy glowing and his taste refined, See TRUMBULL lead the train. His skillful hand Hurls the keen darts of satire round the land. Pride, knavery, dullness, feel his mortal stings, And listening Virtue triumphs while he sings; Britain’s foiled sons, victorious now no more, In guilt retiring from the wasted shore, Strive their curst cruelties to hide in vain; The world resounds them in his deathless strain. On wings of faith to elevate the soul Beyond the bourne of earth’s benighted pole, For DWiGHT’s high harp the epic Muse sublime Hails her new empire in the western clime. Tuned from the tones by seers seraphic sung, Heaven in his eye and rapture on his tongue, His voice revives old Canaan’s promised land, The long-fought fields of JACOB’s chosen band. In HANNiEL’s fate proud faction finds its doom, Ai’s midnight flames light nations to their tomb; In visions bright supernal joys are given, And all the dark futurities of heaven. 23 Joel BArloW While Freedom’s cause his patriot bosom warms, In counsel sage, nor inexpert in arms, See HUMPHREYS glorious from the field retire, Sheathe the glad sword and string the soothing lyre; That lyre which erst, in hours of dark despair, Roused the sad realms to finish well the war. O’er fallen friends, with all the strength of woe, Fraternal sighs in his strong numbers flow; His country’s wrongs, her duties, dangers, praise, Fire his full soul and animate his lays: Wisdom and war with equal joy shall own So fond a votary and so brave a son. ...

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