O Milton! Thou beheldest them. Thine ear
Caught their defiance and thy lightening pen,
In shattering the dark in evil's den,
Caught hope amphibious from leer to leer
Of those grim shadows, plotting to regain
Lost Paradise, or bane its atmosphere.
WASHINGTON'S ARMY AND BARRY'S NAVY
Who loosed our land from Britain's numbing hold?