Show mount vernon in the infancy of the republic when the nations nation foundations were wrought through the wisdom of I 1 judgment i and the justice of jeffersons Jef Teron thought providentially planned and perfected 6 was wai the spot pot for her capitals home on a hill more divinely majestic than the hills hill that immortalized rome on this hill bill of imperial splendor pl endor through the rock written an annal n a Is of time stands stand americas america capitol lifting ever skyward her grandeur su u blime where surrounded by parks park and pavilions pavilion vi lion lions beauty spots in our national pride in the heart of the sovereign tove reign city the republics republic directors director reside the passive potomac 0 at As he wanders wander his hs way to the sea on a mound fitly fashioned and facing the immortalized mansion faniion of lee cut and curved carved from the rocks rock of the ages which the th 0 mountains mountain were loth to release stands stand the lincoln memorial preach preaching L the gospel of union peace to the cast in uplifted aloneness alodene alo nene fitting climax to lofty surprise ur prie stands stand the washington Wax hington monument reaching up to kits kic the cool lips lip of the titles skies from the top of whose tower of granite over five fiva hundred feet from tho the 9 od ad looking down to the tha depths depth through the distance life lf enlarges enlarge its it faith in its it god but the spot that americans american cherish to which multitudes multitude constantly cont antly come on the banks bank of the peaceful potomac Is I 1 the tha worshipful washington home where the first in his country affection affections and the first fint in her peace and her wars war sleeps sleep the sleep deep of sublime satis fac tion Over watched by br the stripes stripe and the stars star horace C carlisle in pathfinder magazine |