DOMAIN of homes and herds and fields, Where lavish nature richest yields Through summer's heat and autumn's shine Her harvest's bounteous wealth and joy; No star upon our banner set, No gem of Freedom's coronet, Burns with a prouder ray than thine — Majestic Illinois! To north rolls Michigan's blue deep; Ohio, Mississippi, sweep Thy prairies by; and, shrined between, Our Lincoln slumbers, past annoy. What grandeur should thy people own! — Each man a king, each home a throne, Each woman love's and honor's queen, — Majestic Illinois! |