Maxioms by Thomas Campbell
There was silence deep as death;
And the boldest held his breath,
For a time.
There was silence deep as death;
And the boldest held his breath,
For a time.
He scorn'd his own, who felt another's woe.
He scorn'd his own, who felt another's woe.
Our land, the first garden of liberty's tree--
It has been, and shall be, the land of the free.
Our land, the first garden of liberty's tree--
It has been, and shall be, the land of the free.
A stoic of the woods,--a man without a tear.
A stoic of the woods,--a man without a tear.