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GREAT, STRONG, FREE, AND TRUE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Great, my country, great in gold
Last Line: Ever true to god and man.
Subject(s): United States; World War I; America; First World War


Great, my country, great in gold,
Great in riches manifold,
Great in store of vital grain,
Great in trade's benign domain,
Ever great in kindly deed,
All your wealth for all that need.

Strong, my country, armed in might,
Bold in battle for the right,
Ready for the testing hour,
Knowing not to faint or cower,
And your valor all possessed
For the weaker and oppressed.

Free, my country, nobly free,
Gracious land of liberty,
Free in word and free in thought,
Freedom's fabric freely wrought,
Free to break the chains that bind
Wretched millions of mankind.

True, my country, grandly true
To the task that calls for you,
True in peril's dire despite
To the challenge of the right,
To the far ideal plan,
Ever true to God and man.





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