The Toast

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Title:     The Toast
Author: Francis Hopkinson [More Titles by Hopkinson]

'Tis Washington's health--fill a bumper all around,
For he is our glory and pride;
Our arms shall in battle with conquest be crown'd
Whilst virtue and he's on our side.

'Tis Washington's health--and cannons should roar,
And trumpets the truth should proclaim;
There cannot be found, search all the world o'er,
His equal in virtue and fame.

'Tis Washington's health--our hero to bless,
May heav'n look graciously down:
Oh! long may he live, our hearts to possess,
And freedom still call him her own.

[The end]
Francis Hopkinson's poem: The Toast

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