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 Conf Pam 12mo #866 
 
f ouot to ^'ivninia 
 
 A toast to Virginia, Gud l)l(>ss ]wr\ 
 
 Tlio motlier of lieroe^ ainl States! 
 Confusion to liini who'd op])ivss her, 
 
 And dcatli to the tyrant that Jiatcs ! 
 Maylionor and gh)ry attend her, 
 
 And victory come when s];e (.-ills - 
 Till every armed foe sliall surivudei-. 
 
 And peace reign again in lier halls! 
 
 And here's to George Washingtmi ' staiidin 
 
 Tliongli cold at Mount A^'rnon his elav. 
 His si)i]-it. lier armies command ing. 
 
 Still lives in Viigijiiji to day; 
 'Tis the hreath of tlie hrave Old iJominiou: 
 
 The soul that will never depait: - 
 It breathes in each nolde Virginian, 
 
 And huins in each true Southei-n Iieart! 
 
 Then, hiothers till high with oiimtion! 
 
 Our days may he many oi- few: — 
 Still, pledge we a life-long devotion 
 
 To principles honest and true! 
 Whatever our fortunes may he, men, 
 
 This toast let us cherish, each one: 
 
 ''To Virginia, the mother of freemen ; 
 
 And Washington, Liberty's son!'' 
 
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