Part 98 (1/2)

_On Shakespeare_.

Renowned Spenser, lie a thought more nigh To learned Chaucer, and rare Beaumont lie A little nearer Spenser, to make room For Shakespeare in your threefold, fourfold tomb.

DAVID EVERETT.

1769-1813.

_Lines written for a School Declamation_.

You'd scarce expect one of my age To speak in public on the stage; And if I chance to fall below Demosthenes or Cicero, Don't view me with a critic's eye, But pa.s.s my imperfections by.

Large streams from little fountains flow, Tall oaks from little acorns grow.

JOSEPH HOPKINSON.

1770-1842.

_Hail Columbia_.

Hail Columbia! happy land!

Hail, ye heroes! heaven-born band!

F. S. KEY.

_The Star-spangled Banner_.

The star-spangled banner, O long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!