⁠During an union of more than half a century
They survived, in harmony of sentiment, principle and affection,
⁠The tempests of civil commotion.
⁠Meeting undaunted and surmounting
⁠The terrors and trials of that revolution,
⁠Which secured the freedom of their country;
⁠Improved the condition of their times;
⁠And brightened the prospects of futurity
⁠To the race of man upon earth.
⁠Pilgrim!
⁠From lives thus spent thy earthly duties learn:
⁠From fancy's dreams to active virtue turn :
⁠Let freedom, friendship, faith, thy soul engage,
⁠And serve, like them, thy country and thy age.