On hearing of the Victory which

produced the Peace with Tripoli.—

addressed to the President,

While Victory sounds the Trump of Fame,

To spread the Tydings o’er our Land,

And Thousands join in glad acclaim

To hail the patriotic Band;

Whose Souls undaunted, Danger braved,

To set the mourning Captives free;

While high Columbia’s Standard waved

The Symbol bright of Liberty:

To Thee exulting Friendship turns,

Blest Cause of All! immortal Man!

For Thee the blaze of Glory burns,

Whose Mind exhaustless form’d the Plan!

Oh! skill’d alike the Helm to guide,

And all a Nation’s Cares sustain;

Or, o’er the learned Train preside

Where Science rears her sacred Fane;

Or in the calm Domestic Scene,

With every mild endearing art

Preserving still the happy mean,

Attractive draw1 each feeling heart!

Splendid2 shallt Thou superior rise,

No envious Mist thy Glory shade;

A grateful World thy Virtues prize,

’Till Time and Memory shall fade!