Awake, Ye Friends of Freedom!
By Flora E. Warren
A LITTLE while the sign of Liberty
Waved o'er our land;
'Tis falling now—beneath Compulsion's hand;
We hear e'en now the voice of Tyranny. Chorus
Awake, ye friends of Freedom and the Right—
Awake! awake!
The heavy clouds of darkness help to break;
Bid every heart its tyranny forsake,
For Freedom and Light,—for God and the Right! Our nation blindly follows where men trod
Long years ago,
And seeks to force all men to worship low
In ways some deem it best to worship God. Remember now the Christ of Calvary,
Who gave His life
That all who willed might conquer in the strife,
And all who sought find Peace and Liberty. Oppression for a little time will sway
Our once fair land—
Till each shall choose his captain, e'er to stand
With Freedom blest, or in Captivity.