Ursa, the noblest of all the Vikings and horsemen.
Musing, he sat in his stirrups and viewed the horizon,
Where the Aurora lapt stars in a North-polar manner,
Wildly he started—for there in the heavens before him
Fluttered and flew the original Star-Spangled Banner.
The committee have two objections to this: in the first place, it is not an “anthem” at all; secondly, it is a gross plagiarism from an old Scandinavian war-song of the primeval ages.
Next, I present a
NATIONAL ANTHEM
By the Hon. Edward E——, of Boston.
Ponderous projectiles, hurled by heavy hands,
Fell on our Liberty’s poor infant head,