| Thou bright star of splendor___
Though not from the east In rich glowing beauty E'er didst thou appear,___ But arose from the west, Through deep seas of blood, Where thy Jove-like splendor Pours its grand golden flood. Bright gem of Liberty, Born mid the flame When heroes gave battle To preserve her a name; When a continent trembled And convulsed in its throes, This Giant for freedom From out it arose. All aflame in the cause To which she was given, She preserves yet the names Of her martyrs in heaven; While the flag of the free Still waves in its pride, And ever will wave And with her abide. Not the clanking of chains, Nor the thraldom of slaves 'Neath the sun that shines down On the yet'rans' green graves; No burdensome yoke "Nor the crack of the lash" Can be felt or be heard "In the substitute cash." We breathe the fond air___ This our brave, haughty boast, The freeman had sung Years ago in his toast___ The air that has never Cooled the sweat on a slave, Nor been tarnished at all By the breath that he gave. All bright with the splendor Of her birth, yet she gleams; Unfaded by time, Still her brilliancy streams In rich golden beauty Down from the blue dome, That bright constellation___ Our Nation___our Home. And ever we trust On that banner we love, The blest name of Kansas Shall point us above, Shall crown each great triumph And be first in the cause Of Truth, Right, and Freedom, In Justice and Laws. __James A. DeMoss |
Kansas Zephyrs
James A. DeMoss
(Thayer, Kansas: ___. 1892)
Pages 9-10
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