In my verse, Hervé Riel, do thou once more

Save the squadron, honor France, love thy wife, the Belle Aurore!

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 The Battle of Lexington.

The Battle of Lexington.

The circling century has brought

THE day on which our fathers fought

For liberty of deed and thought,

One hundred years ago!

We crown the day with radiant green,

And buds of hope to bloom between,

And stars undimmed, whose heavenly sheen

Lights all the world below.

At break of day again we hear

The ringing words of Paul Revere,

And beat of drum and bugle near,

And shots that shake the throne

Of tyranny, across the sea,

And wake the sons of Liberty

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