<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384442" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Independence Ode</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Columbia, fair queen in your glory! <br> Columbia, the pride of the earth! <br>We crown you with song- wreath and story; <br> We honour the day of your birth! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The wrath of a king and his minions<br> You braved, to be free, on that day; <br>And the eagle sailed up on strong pinions, <br> And frightened the lion at bay.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Since the chains and the shackles are broken, <br> And citizens now replace slaves, <br>Since the hearts of your heros have spoken<br> How dear they held freedom - by graves.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Your beautiful banner is blotless<br> As it floats to the breezes unfurled, <br>And but for one blemish, all spotless<br> Is the record you show to the world.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Like a scar on the features of beauty, <br> Lies Utah, sin-cursed to the west.<br>Columbia! Columbia! your duty<br> Is to wipe out that stain with the rest! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Not only in freedom, and science, <br> And letters, should you lead the earth; <br>But let the earth learn your reliance<br> In honour and true moral worth.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When Liberty's torch shall be lighted, <br> Let her brightest most far-reaching rays<br>Discover no wrong thats unrighted -<br> Go challenge the jealous world's gaze! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Columbia, your star is ascending! <br> Columbia, all lands own your sway! <br>May your reign be as proud and unrending<br> As your glory is brilliant today.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ella+Wheeler+Wilcox">Ella Wheeler Wilcox</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384442" data-title="Independence Ode de Ella Wheeler Wilcox" data-description="Columbia, fair queen in your glory! Columbia, the pride of the earth! We crown you with song- wreath and story; We honour the day of your birth! The wrath of a king and his minions You braved, to be free, on that day; And the eagle sailed..."></div> </div> </div>

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