These can break the oppressor's rod--
Burst the bonds that we abhor.
803. L. M. J. G. Whittier.
For a Liberty Meeting on the Fourth of July.
1O Thou! whose presence went before
Our fathers in their weary way,
As with thy chosen moved of yore
The fire by night--the cloud by day!
2When, from each temple of the free,
A nation's song ascends to heaven,