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Rh Yea, "with a sword."

Help us, O Lord!

O Massachusetts! In your golden prime,

Not with the bribe of time

You won her; subtle words and careful ways

In perilous days.

No! By your valor, by the patriot blood

Of your brave sons poured in a generous flood;

Peace, with a sword!

Help us, O Lord!

Bring out the banners that defied a king!

The tattered colors bring

That made a nation one from sea to sea

In godly liberty.

Unsheathe the patriot sword in time of need,

O Massachusetts, shouting in the lead,—

"Peace with a sword!

Help us, O Lord!"

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