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THE NATION'S BIRTHDAY, by                    
First Line: Ring out the joy bells! Once again
Last Line: The story of our glorious fourth.
Subject(s): Fourth Of July; Independence Day


RING out the joy bells! Once again,
With waving flags and rolling drums
We greet the Nation's Birthday, when,
In glorious majesty it comes.
Ah, day of days! Alone it stands,
While, like a halo round it cast,
The radiant work of patriot hands,
Shines the bright record of the past.

Among the nations of the earth,
What land hath story like our own?
No thought of conquest marked her birth;
No greed of power was ever shown
By those who crossed the ocean wild,
That they might plant upon her sod
A home for Peace and virtue mild,
And altars rear to Freedom's God.

The right that conquered, and whose power
Is shown in our broad land today;
Shown in this bright and prosperous hour
When peace and plenty gild our way;
Shown in the glorious song that swells
The hearts of men from South to North,
And in its rapturous accents tells
The story of our glorious Fourth.





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