I can accept of no honour that will call in question my devotion to America.
JULY 24
SIMON BOLIVAR OF VENEZUELA
THE LIBERATOR
Colombians! All your beauteous Fatherland is now free.... From the banks of the Orinoco River to the Peruvian Andes, the Army of Liberation, marching triumphantly, has covered all the territory of Colombia with its protecting arms. ...
Colombians of the South! the blood of your brothers has redeemed you from the horrors of War!
Bolivar
BOLIVAR
Build up a Column to Bolivar!
Build it under a tropic star!
Build it high as his mounting fame!
Crown its head with his noble name!
Let the letters tell like a light afar,
“This is the Column of Bolivar!”
Raise the Column to Bolivar!
Firm in peace, and fierce in war!
Shout forth his noble, noble name!
Shout till his enemies die in shame!
Shout till Colombia’s woods awaken,
Like seas by a mighty tempest shaken,—
Till pity, and praise, and great disdain
Sound like an Indian hurricane!
Shout as ye shout in conquering war,
While ye build the Column to Bolivar!
Barry Cornwall (Condensed)