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ALEXANDER II. OF RUSSIA. (1861.)

Hail to the Czar Alexander!
 Hail to the Prince of the Free!
Not to the proud would he pander;
Truer and nobler and grander
 Than Macedon's hero, is he—
     Alexander!

Listen! how melodies rural
 Freight every wind with his praise!
Give him the golden crown mural!—
First from the seas to the Oural
 Liberty's flag to upraise—
     Alexander!

Greatest 1s not the Czar Peter;
 (Sound it, O Bells, from each steeple! )
No, for his fame will be fleeter;
No, for the homage is sweeter
 Paid to the Czar of the People—
     Alexander!