EPILOGUE. 
 
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 
 
ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR 
INDEPENDENCE. 
 
 
HE ship to the breezes is bended ; 
The wind whistles off to the lee ; 
The sun is arisen, the splendid ! 
The sun on the marvellous sea ! 
And the feast of your freedom is ended, 
O sons of the free ! 
 
Your shouts have gone up to remember 
The day of your oath to the world. 
Is its flame dwindled down to an ember ? 
The flag of your liberty furled ? 
Your limbs are too strong to dismember— 
In sloth are they curled ?
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