BY MARY E. VANDYNE
Ring out the joy bells! Once again,
With waving flags and rolling drums,
We greet the Nation’s Birthday, when,
In glorious majesty, it comes.
Ah, day of days! Alone it stands,
While, like a halo round it cast,
The radiant work of patriot hands,
Shines the bright record of the past.
Among the nations of the earth,