Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ILLINOIS, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR


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First Line: Domain of homes and herds and fields
Last Line: Majestic illinois!
Alternate Author Name(s): Dean
Subject(s): Geography; Illinois


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!





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