Volume 1 — FREEDOM'S STARS.

From Everglades to Dismal Swamp Rose on the hot and trembling air Cloud after cloud, in dark array, Enfolding from their serpent lair The starry flag that guards the free:— One after one its stars grew dun, Heaven given to shine on Liberty. But swifter than the lightning's gleam Flashed out the spears of Northern-light, And with the north wind's saving wings, The cloud-host, vanquished, took to flight. Then in her white-winged radiance there The angel Freedom conquering came, Relit once more her brilliant stars, To burn with an eternal flame.