OUR COUNTRY! whose eagle exults as he flies In the splendor of noonday broad-breasting the skies, That from ocean to ocean the Land overblown By the winds and the shadows is Liberty's own — We hail thee! we crown thee! To east and to west God keep thee the purest, the noblest, the best, While all thy domain with a people He fills As free as thy winds and as firm as thy hills! Our Country! bright region of plenty and peace, Where the homeless find refuge, the burdened release, Where Manhood is king, and the stars as they roll Whisper courage and hope to the lowliest soul,— We hail thee! we crown thee! To east and to west God keep thee the purest, the noblest, the best, While all thy domain with a people He fills As free as thy winds, and as firm as thy hills! Our Country! whose story the angels record — Fair dawn of that glorious day of the Lord When men shall be brothers, and love, like the sun, Illumine the earth till the nations are one — We hail thee! we crown thee! To east and to west God keep thee the purest, the noblest, the best, While all thy domain with a people He fills As free as thy winds and as firm as thy hills! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MARRIAGE VOW by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON SONNET: 20 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE TITA'S TEARS; A FANTASY by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE GOLDEN ODES OF PRE-ISLAMIC ARABIA: TARAFA by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT TO A LADY WHO HAD LOST A RELATIVE by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD HOW CLEAR SHE SHINES by EMILY JANE BRONTE SKETCH, INSCRIBED TO THE RIGHT HON. C.J. FOX by ROBERT BURNS |