Columbia: An ode.

Columbia: An ode.

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COLUMBIA: An Ode.

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COLUMBIA: An Ode.

[...]COLUMBIA! COLUMBIA! to glory arise, The queen of the world and the child of the skies: Thy genius commands thee, with raptures behold, [...] [...]While ages on ages thy splendor unfold. Thy reign is the last & the noblest of time; Most fruitful thy soil, most inviting thy clime: Let the crimes of the east ne'er in- [...] [...]crimson [...] science, and virtue thy fame; and virtue thy fame; and virtue thy fame. Be freed [...] [...] [...]

To conquest and slaughter let Europe aspire,

Whelm nations in blood and wrap cities in fire;

Thy heroes the rights of mankind shall defend,

And triumph pursue them, and glory attend.

A world is thy realm, for a world be thy laws

Enlarg'd as thy empire, and just as thy cause:

On Freedom's broad basis thy empire shall rise—

Extend with the main, and dissolve with the skies.

Fair Science her gates to thy sons shall unbar,

The east see thy morn hide the beams of her star;

New bards and new sages, unrivall'd, shall soar

To fame, unextinguish'd when time is no more.

To thee, the last refuge for virtue design'd,

Shall fly, from all nations, the best of mankind;

Here, grateful to Heav'n, with transport shall bring

Their incense, more fragrant than odours of spring.—

Nor less shall thy FAIR ONES to glory ascend,

And genius and beauty in harmony blend;

The graces of form shall awake pure desire,

And the charms of the soul still enliven the fire:

Their sweetness unmingled, their manners refin'd,

And virtue's bright image imprest on their mind,

With peace and soft rapture shall teach life to glow,

And light up a smile in the aspect of woe.

Thy fleets to all regions thy pow'r shall display—

The nations admire, and the ocean obey;

Each shore to thy glory its tribute unfold—

And the east and the south yield their spices and gold.

As the day-spring, unbounded, thy splendor shall [...]ow,

And earth's mighty kingdoms before thee shall bow;

While the ensigns of union, in triumph unfurl'd,

Hush tumults of war, and give peace to the world.

Thus as down a lone valley, with cedars o'er-spread,

From war's dread confusion, I pensively stray'd,

The gloom from the face of fair heav'n retir'd;

The winds ceas'd to murmur, the thunders expir'd.

Perfumes, as of Eden, flow'd sweetly along,

And a voice, as of angels, enchantingly sung—

COLUMBIA! COLUMBIA! to glory arise,

The queen of the world, and the child of the skies.

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Title statement

Columbia: An ode.

Dwight, Timothy, 1752-1817.

Publication

Publisher

Text Creation Partnership,

Place of publication

Ann Arbor, MI :

Date

2007-01.

ID [DLPS]

N20523

ID [TCP]

N20523

ID [STC]

Evans 26923

ID [NOTIS]

APX6432

ID [IMAGE-SET]

26923

ID [EVANS-CITATION]

99023244

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Series

Early American Imprints, 1639-1800 ; no. 26923.

Notes

(Evans-TCP ; no. N20523)

Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 26923)

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Source

— Columbia: An ode., Dwight, Timothy, 1752-1817..

Extent

1 sheet ([1] p.) : music ; 21 x 20 cm.

Printed by John M'Culloch?,. [Philadelphia? :: 1794?]. (Song in six stanzas; first verse, printed with music, begins: Columbia! Columbia! to glory arise.) ("Columbia was written and set to music by [Timothy] Dwight in 1777, while he was serving as chaplain in General Parsons brigade of Connecticut Volunteers."--Wolfe, R.J. Secular music, 2641.) (The ode was sung during commencement exercises at the Young Ladies' Academy of Philadelphia on Dec. 18, 1794. Cf. Neal, James Armstrong. An essay on the education and genius of the female sex. To which is added, an account of the commencement ... Philadelphia, 1795, p. 24-26. Evans suggests that the ode was printed by John M'Culloch of Philadelphia, a noted printer of music at this time.)

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