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to America.
Park's compositions were not strictly lyrical
but The Patriot's Song which we have selected from his
volume
seems worthy of a place in the national minstrelsy. His style is smooth and flowing
and he evinces a
passionate admiration of the beautiful in nature.
[29] William Brown
D.D.
author of Antiquities of the Jews." Lond.18252 vols. 8vo.
THE PATRIOT'S SONG.
Shall I leave theethou land to my infancy dear
Ere I know aught of toil or of woe
For the clime of the strangerthe solitude drear
And a thousand endearments forego?
Shall I give my lone bosom a prey to its strife?
Must I friendship's just claims disallow?
No; her breathings can cool the hot fever of life
As the breeze fans the sea-beaten brow.
'Tis said that the comforts of plenty abound
In the wide-spreading plains of the west;
That there an asylum of peace shall be found
Where the care-stricken wanderer may rest.
That nature uncheck'd there displays all her pride
In the forest unfading and deep;
That the river rolls onward its ocean-like tide
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But is there a spot in that far distant land
Where fancy or feeling may dwell?
Or how shall the heart of the exile expand
Untouch'd byyilai:
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