THE PINE-TREE.

By John Greenleaf Whittier

LIFT again the stately emblem on the Bay State's rusted shield,

Give to Northern winds the Pine-Tree on our banner's tattered field.

Sons of men who sat in council with their Bibles round the board,

Answering England's royal missive with a firm, “Thus saith the Lord!”

Rise again for home and freedom! set the battle in array!

What the fathers did of old time we their sons must do to-day.