Speaker 1: Section twenty five of Birds in All Nature, Volume seven, No. Two,
Speaker 1: February nineteen hundred, recorded for Librevox by Larry Wilson. Washington's
Speaker 1: Monument by George P. Morris. A monument to Washington, a
Speaker 1: tablet graven with his name, Green be the mound. It
Speaker 1: stands upon an everlasting as his fame. His glory fills
Speaker 1: the land, the plain, the moor, the mountain, and the
Speaker 1: mart more firm than column, urn or fame. His monument
Speaker 1: the human heart, the Christian patriot, hero, Sage, the chief
Speaker 1: from heaven in mercy scent. His deeds are written on
Speaker 1: the age. His country is his monument, the sword of Gideon,
Speaker 1: and the Lord was mighty in his mighty hand, the
Speaker 1: God who guided, he adored, and with his blessing freed
Speaker 1: to the land, the first in war, the first in peace,
Speaker 1: the first in hearts. That freemen own unparalleled till time
Speaker 1: shall cease. He lives, immortal and alone. Yet let the
Speaker 1: rock hewn tower rise high to the pathway of the
Speaker 1: sun and speak to the approving skies. Our gratitude to Washington.
Speaker 1: End of section twenty five. This recording is in the
Speaker 1: public domain. End of Birds in All Nature volume seven two,
Speaker 1: February nineteen hundred