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ParnaflianLIBERTY-TREE. A new Song.Tune?. Tbt Gtds tf tbt Greeks*IN a chariot of light from the region* of day, The Goddefs of Liberty came,Ten thousand cdelcftial* direedthe way,And hither conduced tie:lt;1 A fair budding branch from the garden* above,Where Million* with millions agree,She brougham her hand; at**, pledge of her love The plant (he nam’d, Liberty Tree.The celeftial exotic ftuck deep in the ground,Like a native it flourifh’d and bore,The fame of its fruit drew the nations around,To feck out this peaceable fboie. yUnmindful of namei or diftindlions they came, For-frcemen like brothers agree,With one fpirU^endu’d, they one frienfhip puifu'd, And their, temple was Liberty Tret.o —'Beneath this fair tree, like the patr’archs of oldTheir bread in contentment they eat,'Unvex’d with the troubles of filver and gold,T* cares of the grand and the great.With timber and tar rhcy old England fopply’d And fupported her pow’r on (he 7ca,Her battles they fought, without getting ji groat, For the honour of Liberty Tret.But iprlt;How all the tyrannical powr’s,King, Commons, anu Lords, are uniting amain, To cut down this guardian of ours.From the eaft to the weft,blow the trumpet to arm* T hro’ the land let the found of it flee,Let the far and the near, unre with a cheer,^In defence of our Liberty Tret.
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Essex Journal And New Hampshire Packet
Newburyport, Massachusetts, US
Tue, Sep 05, 1775
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