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Columbia, fair queen in your glory! / Columbia, the pride of the earth! / We crown you with song-wreath and story; / We honor the day of your birth!
The wrath of a king and his minions / You braved, to be free, on that day; / And the eagle sailed up on strong pinions, / And frightened the lion at bay.