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Literary
May 31, 1808
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Patriotic song exhorting Americans to rise in defense of their country, laws, and hard-won freedom, recalling British cruelties like the bloodshed at Hudson, prisoner sufferings on Long Island, and ancestral sacrifices.
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Full Text
For the N. H. Gazette.
Arise Americans—a new song.
AMERICANS! arise to glory,
Defend your country and your laws;
Let not your fathers, fam'd in story,
Shed their blood without a cause!
Are not your fields still whitened over
With many a patriot's warning frame?
And the bleached bones discover
Monuments of British shame?
See the Hudson's gentle waters
Tinged with a Prince's gore;
Think the prisons, and the tortures,
Which your Patriot brethren bore.
Hark! upon the distant breezes,
Float the sighs of pris'ners slain,
While from want, or fell diseases,
Thousands strew Long-Island's plain!
Will you sell your dear bought freedom,
Supplicate your former foe;
Yield your rights to all that need 'em,
Purchase thus a lasting woe?
O, bid your martial ardor kindle
In defence of all that's dear;
Nor let your ancient spirit dwindle
Through a base, ignoble fear.
Arise Americans—a new song.
AMERICANS! arise to glory,
Defend your country and your laws;
Let not your fathers, fam'd in story,
Shed their blood without a cause!
Are not your fields still whitened over
With many a patriot's warning frame?
And the bleached bones discover
Monuments of British shame?
See the Hudson's gentle waters
Tinged with a Prince's gore;
Think the prisons, and the tortures,
Which your Patriot brethren bore.
Hark! upon the distant breezes,
Float the sighs of pris'ners slain,
While from want, or fell diseases,
Thousands strew Long-Island's plain!
Will you sell your dear bought freedom,
Supplicate your former foe;
Yield your rights to all that need 'em,
Purchase thus a lasting woe?
O, bid your martial ardor kindle
In defence of all that's dear;
Nor let your ancient spirit dwindle
Through a base, ignoble fear.
What sub-type of article is it?
Poem
What themes does it cover?
Patriotism
Liberty Freedom
War Peace
What keywords are associated?
American Patriotism
British Atrocities
Revolutionary Call To Arms
Prisoner Suffering
Hudson Battle
Literary Details
Title
Arise Americans—A New Song.
Form / Style
Patriotic Exhortation In Verse
Key Lines
Americans! Arise To Glory,
Defend Your Country And Your Laws;
Will You Sell Your Dear Bought Freedom,
Supplicate Your Former Foe;
O, Bid Your Martial Ardor Kindle