Hail! Independence, hail! Heaven's next best gift,
To that of life and an immortal soul!
Liberty, Pt. V.
J. THOMSON.
The inextinguishable spark, which fires
The soul of patriots.
Leonidas.
R. GLOVER.
I do love
My country's good with a respect more tender,
More holy and profound, than mine own life.
Coriolanus, Act iii. Sc. 3.
SHAKESPEARE.
What pity is it
That we can die but once to save our country!
Cato, Act iv. Sc. 4. J. ADDISON.
PEACE.
O Peace! thou source and soul of social life;
Beneath whose calm inspiring influence
Science his views enlarges, Art refines,
And swelling Commerce opens all her ports.
Britannia. J. THOMSON.
Ay, but give me worship and quietness;
I like it better than a dangerous honor.
King Henry VI., Pt. III. Act iv. Sc. 3. SHAKESPEARE.
This hand, to tyrants ever sworn the foe,
For freedom only deals the deadly blow:
Then sheathes in calm repose the vengeful blade,
For gentle peace in freedom's hallowed shade.
Written in an Album. J.Q. ADAMS.
To reap the harvest of perpetual peace,
By this one bloody trial of sharp war.
King Richard III., Act v. Sc. 2. SHAKESPEARE.