In a chariot of light from the regions of day, <br />The Goddess of Liberty came; <br />Ten thousand celestials directed the way <br />And hither conducted the dame. <br />A fair budding branch from the gardens above, <br />Where millions with millions agree, <br />She brought in her hand as a pledge of her love, <br />And the plant she named Liberty Tree. <br />The celestial exotic struck deep in the ground, <br />Like a native it flourished and bore; <br />The fame of its fruit drew the nations around, <br />To seek out this peaceable shore. <br />Unmindful of names or distinction they came, <br />For freemen like brothers agree; <br />With one spirit endued, they one friendship pursued, <br />And their temple was Liberty Tree. <br />Beneath this fair tree, like the patriarchs of old, <br />Their bread in contentment they ate, <br />Unvexed with the troubles of silver and gold, <br />The cares of the grand and the great. <br />With timber and tar they Old England supplied, <br />And supported her power on the sea; <br />Her battles they fought, without getting a groat, <br />For the honor of Liberty Tree. <br />But hear, O ye swains, 'tis a tale most profane, <br />How all the tyrannical powers, <br />Kings, Commons, and Lords, are uniting amain <br />To cut down this guardian of ours; <br />From the east to the west blow the trumpet to arms <br />Through the land let the sound of it flee, <br />Let the far and the near, all unite with a cheer, <br />In defence of our Liberty Tree.<br /><br />Thomas Paine<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/liberty-tree/
