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 First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his fellow 
citizens.  
 First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his fellow 
citizens. 
 There's a star in the West that shall never go down
 Till the records of Valour decay,
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 There's a star in the West that shall never go down
 Till the records of Valour decay,
  We must worship its light though it is not our own,
   For liberty burst in its ray.
    Shall the name of a Washington ever be heard
     By a freeman, and thrill not his breast?
      Is there one out of bondage that hails not the word,
       As a Bethlehem Star of the West? 
 Where may the wearied eye repose,
 When gazing on the Great;
  Where neither guilty glory glows,
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 Where may the wearied eye repose,
 When gazing on the Great;
  Where neither guilty glory glows,
   Nor despicable state?
    Yes--one the first, the last, the best,
     The Cincinnatus of the West
      Whom envy dared not hate,
       Bequeathed the name of Washington
        To make man blush; there was but one. 
 A nobleness to try for,
 A name to live and die for.  
 A nobleness to try for,
 A name to live and die for. 
 O Washington! thrice glorious name,
 What due rewards can man decree--
  Empires are far below thy aim,
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 O Washington! thrice glorious name,
 What due rewards can man decree--
  Empires are far below thy aim,
   And scepters have no charms for thee;
    Virtue alone has your regards,
     And she must be your great reward. 
 Were an energetic and judicious system to be proposed with your 
signature it would be a circumstance highly honorable read more 
 Were an energetic and judicious system to be proposed with your 
signature it would be a circumstance highly honorable to your 
fame . . . and doubly entitle you to the glorious republican 
epithet,
 The Father of your Country. 
 America has furnished to the world the character of Washington! 
And if our American institutions had done nothing else, read more 
 America has furnished to the world the character of Washington! 
And if our American institutions had done nothing else, that 
alone would have entitled them to the respect of mankind. 
 That name descending with all time, spreading over the whole 
earth, and uttered in all the languages belonging to read more 
 That name descending with all time, spreading over the whole 
earth, and uttered in all the languages belonging to all tribes 
and races of men, will forever be pronounced with affectionate 
gratitude by everyone in whose breast there shall arise an 
aspiration for human rights and liberty. 
 That name was a power to rally a nation in the hour of 
thick-thronging public disasters and calamities; that read more 
 That name was a power to rally a nation in the hour of 
thick-thronging public disasters and calamities; that name shone 
amid the storm of war, a beacon light to cheer and guide the 
country's friends; it flamed too like a meteor to repel her foes.