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

On Gen. Washington’s Accepting the Command of the Army in 1798

Brasseya Allen (1762–1831)

HARK! methinks I hear a cry,

Does the foe our arms defy?

We, their threats, unmoved shall hear;

Thy sons, Columbia, cannot fear.

Let no anxious mother mourn,

Doubtful of her son’s return;

Fortune, all around the brave,

Shall a helm impervious weave.

See Columbia’s hero rise,

Washington, the good and wise:

“Arm!—to arms!”—our country calls;

Sounds through Vernon’s ample halls.

Great in war, and great in peace,

Thy laurel’d honours shall increase;

With superior just renown,

Through long ages handed down.

Peace her olive branch shall bring,

And the muses round thee sing;

While a grateful nation’s love

All thy labours shall approve.