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FREEDOM'S RALLY, by                    
First Line: Wake, freedom, with thy trumpet tongue
Last Line: For god and liberty!
Subject(s): American Civil War; Freedom; Treason And Traitors; U.s. - History; Liberty


Wake, Freedom, with thy trumpet tongue,
Each echo in the land,
Till, at the sound, both old and young
In arms before thee stand!
Gaunt Treason, stalking in the light,
Uprears its hydra head,
And thy bright hosts must prove their might,
And strike the monster dead!

Form, freemen, as the snow-flakes form
Upon the mountain side,
And onward move, as moves the storm
In its relentless pride!
Let traitors learn that treason's woe,
And, while their cheeks still blanche,
Impel yourselves upon the foe,
A living avalanche!

Shall it be said that Lexington
In vain gave freedom birth;
In vain was seen by Yorktown's sun
Oppression crushed to earth?
Shall it be said the wise, the good,
The brave, who've been our pride,
Poured forth in vain their precious blood;
In vain have fought and died?

No! By our sacred sires, and Him
Who nerved their hearts with fire!
Their godlike deeds shall ne'er grow dim,
Nor shall their names expire!
We'll bear the glorious flag they gave
To our protecting hand,
Until its folds again shall wave
Triumphant through the land!

Until each star upon its field
Shall blaze with meteor light,
And till each foe is seen to yield
A captive to its might;
Aye, till the continent pours out
The war-cry of the free,
And joins in one exultant shout,
For God and Liberty!





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