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Show HOME-COMING OF ADMIRAL PAUL JONES v Paul, the-poet and the patriot, ! Lover of the worthy weak, ' ' v Of an infant nation struggling I To arise and freedom speak; ( Could the cannon voice the spirit i Of the man they honor now, The heavens would trembling split asunder, i And the earth in reverence bow. " ' j For that man was great and mighty, v "Who commanded all the sea. - Who Tgave fight in English waters, I Hand to hand to victory; Who spread terror through the foe-land. i Made his name a dagger there;. ' With the rattlesnake as ensign, .:; "Do not'-tread on me!" beware; : W" ho was called a pirate captain, , j For he feught them hand to hand, . . Conquered them in their own waters, . To relieve a struggling land. s, . - Then he was, as greatness ever, Left unhonored poor to roam; ' . . llut is now to rest in glory, . , ' All-triumphant coming home. We were little then, and narrow, ' -; W'e are mighty now, and broad; . We acknowledge him our hero, ' , And his glorious deeds applaud.' .July 8, 1903. ' ' f JAMES WTMCOOP. " -' I |