Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise, The queen of the world and child of the skies! Thy genius commands thee; with rapture behold, While ages on ages thy splendors unfold.
T was whisperd in heaven, t was mutterd in hell, And echo caught faintly the sound as it fell; On the confines of earth t was permitted to rest, And the depths of the ocean its presence confessd.
Catherine M. Fanshawe (17641834): Enigma. The letter H.