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Show i , I.IIU-h .ii.-iiii , -eui..-. i i i i V pjseaWsaasiwaBaaaajaBaB gffe AMERICAN EAGLE j All hall, thou grand and great ancestress of thy glorious brood of half a hundred hallowed states; TX Extending thy expansive form across a continent's yrSp wide Melds; egaS One wing deep dipping In Atlantic's brine, the other vjjjBBryP o'er Pacific's bosom spread; ; iBuMlftm Low trailing thy tall-feathers In the frozen ocean of , bK&vHmi the north i HBkSiNlft And heaving thy pulsating breast above the torrid wa- . .. ,. BJKLfl ter 0f far Mexico's broad gulf; ejKHf Within thy talons bearing, for the friend, the olive- Wwjsjl branch of peace- j JbBPI And weapons of destruction for the foe that would as- 1 eIjQL sail the smallest of thy progeny! n?5 Well Holdest thou thy haughty head aloft within the J starry sky For though but young, thou art a giant grown, of conscious might, acknowl- J edging few peers. . ,j May'st thou forever tranquil dwell, In harmony with all thine own, I And unmolested by the powers of eartn respected by the strong and honored by the weak: '. And may'st'thou never know defeat, nor learn to bow thy head In shame. j i True Meaning of the Celebration of c the Glorious Fourth |
