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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore), 116. Eighty-five years ago: a Ballad for the Fourth of July. (search)
all the greensward, I mark the life-blood flow From the bosom of martyred Warren-- Eighty-five years ago! Hearken to Stark, of Hampshire: “Ho, comrades all!” quoth he-- “King George's Hessian hirelings On yonder plains ye see! We'll beat them, boys! or Mary Stark A widow this night shall be!” And then, like a clap of thunder, He broke upon the foe, And he won the battle of Bennington-- Eighty-five years ago! Down from the wild Green Mountains Our fearless eagle swooped; Down on Ticonderoga Bold Ethan Allen stooped, And the royal red-cross banner Beneath his challenge drooped! And the stout old border fortress He gained without a blow, “In the name of the Great Jehovah!” Eighty-five years ago! Out from the resonant belfry Of Independence Hall, Sounded the tongue of a brazen bell, Bidding good patriots all To give the oppressed their freedom, And lessen every thrall; And the voice of brave John Hancock, Preached to the people below, The Gospel of Independence-- Eight