Crowding the eastern gates, Crowding the western gates, To these United States From all the earth, Here may they ever find Welcome and solace kind, Freedom of heart and mind, Fortune and worth. Here may we be as one, Here may the right be done, Here let our purpose run True evermore; Here in fair brotherhood Seeking the common good, Stand as our fathers stood, Bear as they bore. God of our liberty, Keep us securely free, Grant us on land and sea Blessings of peace; But for the stricken right May we be firm to fight, And may our honest might Ever increase. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OLD MAN by JEAN STARR UNTERMEYER ANIMAL CRACKERS by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY ODES: BOOK 1: ODE 6. HYMN TO CHEERFULNESS by MARK AKENSIDE A PORTRAIT by JOSEPH ASHBY-STERRY TO BESSIE HAWES, MAY QUEEN by ANNA EMILIA BAGSTAD A MIGRANT THRUSH by MARY RUSSELL BARTLETT |