Tis custom common to mankind,
From imbecile to sage,
Within the acts of men to find
The index of the age.
In reading of Hawaii's war
This fact has been disclosed,
Despotic rule must lose its power
And monarchs be deposed.
And England's sun shall never shine
O'er hills of Domnis' reign,
Nor Briton in his pomp recline
Upon her sunny plain.
The queen is driven from the throne,
The deep-voiced, distant sea
Is sounding in tremendous tone
Hawaii shall be free.
