托馬斯’潘’
(THOMAS PAINE)

’’由之樹’
Liberty Tree

(Library of Congress)

除’’革’’’’之’’托馬斯’潘’還’’’’由之樹’’’’’首’國詩’’1775’7月’’’賓’’尼’雜’’’’’國博’’月’’’’’’爲“’’蘭提’斯”’’’潘’’用’’個筆’’儘管’’由之樹’’首詩’’’’’’遺忘’’它’曾’’’’’’’

’由’’乘著’’’戰車’
’陽’燦爛’’域’’’
’’’’’引路’
引導著高’’’’走’’
’’像’’’’’’’’’’
’那’百’’’睦’’’天’’園降’’
手中’著’棵’稱’“’由之樹”’植’’
’爲’’’’’’

’’天’’’植’’’’插’’裏’
’像’’生’樹木’’壯成’’’’結’’
它’’實’’’方’
引’’圍’民族都’’它’’平’’’
’們’不’’族’不’’’們之間’’’
’爲’由’’’像’’’’’睦’’’
’們有’’種天賦精’’’’’’種友誼’
’們’殿堂’’“’由之樹”’

’們’像’’’’老坐’’棵’’’樹’
滿’’’著麵’’
’們不’’’不’銀’
’不’’’華’顯’’
’們’給老’’蘭木’’’’’
還支援’’’’’’’’
爲’“’由之樹”’’’’
’們分文未’爲’戰鬥’

’’’請’們’’’輕’聽’聽’
(’’最污穢’’’)
’麽’有’’’’’’
國’’’’’’’都’’’’’’’
’’’’’’’我們’“’由之樹”’
’’’’’’’號角’’’’器’
讓號’’’’’’
讓遠’’方’’’’’’’團結’’’
’衛我們’“’由之樹”’

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Thomas Paine
Liberty Tree

In a chariot of light from the regions of day,

    The Goddess of Liberty came;

Ten thousand celestials directed the way,

    And thither conducted the dame,

This fair budding branch, from the garden above,

    Where millions with millions agree;

She bro't in her hand, as a pledge of her love,

   The plant she call'd Liberty Tree.

 This celestial exotic struck deep in the ground,

    Like a native it flourish'd and bore;

The fame of its fruit, drew the nations around,

    To seek out its peaceable shore.

Unmindful of names or distinction they came,

    For freemen like brothers agree:

With one spirit endow'd, they one friendship pursued,

   And their temple was Liberty Tree.

 Beneath this fair branch, like the patriarchs of old,

    Their bread, in contentment they eat;

Unwearied with trouble, of silver or gold,

    Or the cares of the grand and the great,

With timber and tar, they old England supplied,

    Supported her power on the seas;

Her battles they fought, without having a groat,

   For the honor of Liberty Tree.

But hear, O ye swains, (‘tis a tale most profane)

   How all the tyrannical powers,

King, Commons, and Lords, are uniting amain,

    To cut down this guardian of ours;

From the east to the west, blow the trumpet to arms,

    Thro' the land let the sound of it flee,

Let the far and the near,--all unite with a cheer,

   In defense of our Liberty Tree.

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