Once a shiny nation was established ‘cross the sea Smelted out of blood and sweat, to guarantee all men be free Escaping religious tyranny, they traveled to a new land so That their future generations could worship God you know As the promises of freedom did themselves unwind The colonies together, forged a new documental mind They appealed to the Supreme Judge, The Creator their fathers knew Asking The Divine Providence, for the protection due They sent to all concerned, a great message far and wide Just how the King of Britain, was raping liberties for pride Theyd asked only for equality, entitled under Natures God Some Represent to Parliament, for laws considered odd But when the document was given its final show The Colonial Congress, decided compromise would flow Stripping the Declaration of one, very justifiable act To obtain unanimous vote, left slavery intact The great Revolution, as it soon came to be called Brought new hope to the free world, its being oceanic walled But soon was the Confederation, in dire need of something new A stronger central government, with constitution too In The Constitution, many forefathers did frame The working of government and our protection from the same Being left within all there still stood, human slavery at the back Which God himself would not approve, and no one would attack Some would say it was strange, that fifty years to the day Jefferson and Adams died, on the Fourth of July Gods way Be it eighty seven years later, Gettysburg Battlefield lay dead Where many men consecrated, the land in their blood red Since the fourth of sixty, our flag has carried fifty The states in which we reside, twenty-twelve marks one-fifty From the start of that great Civil War, that we here too must fight a new Because injustice has been done, Rights for the unborn too To compromise may seem the best to leave it lay at rest But to The Lord of Heaven, Hell place you to His test
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 06:48:00 +0000