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Let tyrants shake their iron rod, and slavery clank her galling chains. We fear them not, we trust in God.

— William Billings Chester (1770)

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Let tyrants shake their iron rod,
And Slav'ry clank her galling chains,
We fear them not, we trust in God,
New England's God forever reigns.

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