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-So they surged against the door;
Ami the min-lm- of their voices
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Made the harmony profound.
Till the quiet street o f Chestnut
Was all turbulent with sound,

“ W i'l they do i t ? ;r Dare they do it? !l
’ 1 W h o i s sp oak i 1 1 ? 1 ’ 41 W Ii at's tl: c 11 ews ?
■’ Wh-„t of Adam s r l! u W hat o f She;.man? :J
"O h , God grant they wo: f t refuse ! 1
‘; Make some way there I ’’ L‘ Let me: rea rer! '*
“ 1 am Stirling ! ” “ Stiile, 'bon !
Wfio;i a nation's life’s ;it ’w a r d ,
YVeVc no Lime to think o f men ! "

So thev surged a-ainst Llie StaLy fL'mse,
r ~J iT' 1
While all solemnly inside,
Sat the 11 Continental CorigiJcss,:j
Tnr: h arid reason for tlieir guide.
O'er a simple sc toll debating,
Which, though simple it might
Yet should shake ibe cliffs of England
With the thunders of the free.

Fat1 aloft in that high steeple
Sat the boliman, oid and gray,
lie was weary o f the tyrant
A n d his iron-seep to red sway;
So ho sat, with one band ready
On the clapper o f the bell,
When his eye could cat eh ibe signal,
The expected news to tell.

Sec ! See! The dense crowd quivers
Threegb ah its leng-.hy line,