Volume 33 — THE HALL OF INDEPENDENCE.

This is the sacred fane wherein assembled The fearless champions on the side of Right; Men, at whose declaration empires trembled, Moved by the truth's immortal might. Here stood the patriot band—one union folding The Eastern, Northern, Southern sage and seer, Within that living bond which truth upholding, Proclaims each man his fellow's peer. Here rose the anthem, which all nations hearing, In loud response the echoes backward hurled; Reverberating still the ceaseless cheering, Our continent repeats it to the world. This is the hallowed spot where first, unfurling, Fair Freedom spread her blazing scroll of light; Here, from oppression's throne the tyrant hurling, She stood supreme in majesty and might!