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William McCarty, comp. The American National Song Book. 1842.

Congress of 1776

William Bingham Tappan (1794–1849)

ILLUSTRIOUS band! whose Heaven-attested deed

Secured existence to a rising world:

Whose generous hearts were ever prompt to bleed,

When godlike Liberty her scroll unfurl’d:

Look down, ye sainted, venerable men,

And bless the country of your earliest love;

Inspire your offspring, and, O, bid again,

The flame of virtue every impulse move.

Immortal patriots! round each awful name

I see the halo of unnumber’d years,—

Annals unknown your mighty worth proclaim;

And deathless time your memory endears.