Classic Poem

Now on the gladden'd sight,
Bursts forth the glorious light
Of Liberty!
Within our nation's bound,
No helpless slave is found;
Spread—spread the joyful sound—
“T HE SLAVE IS FREE .”

This now is Freedom's home:
Beneath her temple's dome,
No clanking chain,
No sale of human throngs,
No scourge of cruel thongs,
No secret, dreadful wrongs,
Our souls shall pain.

The work, O God! is thine!
And may thy love divine
New triumphs see:
Break ev'ry link of sin,
That binds the soul within,
Let ev'ry creature win
Freedom with thee.