Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, OUR AMERICA, by NELLIE H. EVANS


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OUR AMERICA, by                    
First Line: Today our peaceful land views with dismay
Last Line: To life and liberty of all mankind.
Subject(s): United States; America


Today our peaceful land views with dismay
A warring world. The clash of arms in strife
Disturbs our quiet shores; the war-lords prey
Upon the weak, with threat of ruin of life
And liberty of helpless peoples. Power
Unjustly gained, deep racial hate and lust
Have stirred a righteous voice in this dark hour
To hold all guilty, who flout a sacred trust.

America! The home of millennium
Your life renew; your altar-fires relight
In present trials, while through the years to come,
With unity and peace the nations bind.
Maintain your strength and power, and speak the right
To life and liberty of all mankind.





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