More famed than Rome, as splendid as old Greece, And saintlier than Hebrew prophet's dream; A shrine of beauty, Italy-inspired; A nobler France, by truth and freedom fired; As hale as England, treasuring the gleam Of knightly Arthur; though a land of peace, As brave as Sparta—till all hellish wars shall cease. In thoughts, as wise as is her prairie sea; In deeds, as splendid as her mountain piles; As noble as her mighty river tides. Let her be true, a land where right abides; Let her be clean, as sweet as summer isles; And let her sound the note of liberty For all the earth, till every man and child be free! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE TASK: BOOK 4. THE WINTER EVENING by WILLIAM COWPER A TIME TO TALK by ROBERT FROST JUNGLE by WILLIMINA L. ARMSTRONG IF YOU PLAY A GAME OF CHANCE by WILLIAM BLAKE THE SONG OF WILLI by MATHILDE BLIND |