Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE GREAT AMERICAN HOME, by MRS. F. C. JAHNKE


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THE GREAT AMERICAN HOME, by                    
First Line: America promised them freedom
Last Line: Is the great american home.
Subject(s): Home; United States - Immigration & Emigtration


America promised them freedom
And wisdom and wealth and fame.
So out from every country
The bolder spirits came.

They settled in city and hamlet,
In the country and by the sea,
Each filled with a great ambition
For the thing he could do and be.

They builded the church and the schoolhouse,
They molded the voice of the press.
Their President cast one ballot,
And the poor man cast no less.

And each learned of his neighbor something
That was better than he had known.
And life was richer and sweeter
And "Not For Bread Alone."

And the home grew in culture and comfort,
With a vision far brighter each day,
Till the force of its mighty power
No hand on earth could stay.

It was builded on good foundation,
And work and love -- aye, and prayer,
And freedom and knowledge and pleasure
Are all represented there.

Oh broadcast it oft from each station,
Engrave it on hardest of stone,
That the heart and the soul of the nation
Is the Great American Home.





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