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 qATIONAL SONGS.  LIBERTY TREE.--// 2'. Paine. Iw a chariot of light from th regions of day, The goddess of Liberty came; Ten thousand celestials d/recked the way, And hither conducted the dame. A fair budding branch from the gardens above, Where millions with millions agree, 8he brought in her hand as a pledge of her love, And the plaJt she nam'd Liberty Tree. The celestial exotic struck deep in the ground, Like a native it fiourish'd and bore; The fame of its fruit drew 'the atioas around, To seek out its peaceable shore. Unmindful of names, or distinctions, they came, For freemen like brothers agree; With one spirit endued, they one friendship pursued, And their temple was Jaiberty Tree. leneath this fa/r tree, I/ke the patr/arche of old, The/r bread in contentment they ate, Unvex'd with the troubles of silver and gold, The cares of the grand and tile great; With timber and tar they old England supplied, And supported her power on the sea; Her battles they fought withaut getting & groat, For the honor of Liberty Tree. Ilut hear, O ye svains, ('tisa tab mot profans) How all the tyrannical powers, Ktn, Commons, and Lord are uniting amain, To cut down this guardian of ours: From the east to the west blow the trumpet to arn Thro' the land let the sound of it flee; Let the far and the near all unite with a cheer, In defence of our Liberty Tree.

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