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

Bolivar; or, the Hero of Liberty

HAIL, intrepid warrior, hail!

Spread your triumph wide and far,

Madrid’s scepter’d wretch turns pale,

Hail, illustrious Bolivar!

Washington’s glory lives in thee,

Lives and lights Columbia’s star;

Friend of man and liberty,

Hail, illustrious Bolivar!

Where is now oppression’s power,

Dungeon chains and Tyranny’s bar;

Broken—snapt in Freedom’s hour;

Hail, illustrious Bolivar!

Live, great Liberator, live,

Ride supreme in Victory’s car;

Myriads shall the joy-strain give—

“Hail, illustrious Bolivar!”

Myriads shall exulting cry—

“Naught can man’s prerogative mar,

Free we’ll breathe, or free we’ll die;”

Hail, illustrious Bolivar!

Sound the trump of deathless fame,

Glorious shines the southern star;

Liberty gems the patriot’s name,

Hail, illustrious Bolivar!