Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CANADA, by CARROLL RYAN


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First Line: Dear native land! Thy wand'ring child
Last Line: The banner of the free!
Alternate Author Name(s): Ryan, William Thomas Carroll
Subject(s): Canada; Freedom; National Songs; Canadians; Liberty; National Anthems


Dear native land! thy wand'ring child
Treads on thy shore again,
And beautiful, and grand, and wild
Thou art to-day as when
Mine eyes beheld thee first, and caught
From waving wood and rushing stream
The shadow of a bright-eyed thought,
The spirit of a dream.

Crowned with the glory of labor and love,
Faith, Loyalty, Virtue and Truth,
O Land! let the birth of thy mightiness prove
All the beauty and promise of youth!
In thee no slaves nor despots dwell
To curse the passing hour
By deeds that to the future tell
Of misery and power.

But, bound by love, thy children stand
With no dark thoughts between,
A noble, free and happy band,
For Country and for Queen.
Let their voices rise
With their beaming eyes,
For the Star of Empire glows
O'er the northern arch
Where the giants march,
Whom none can delay or oppose.

A new Atlantis for the world,
O Canada! thou art;
The flag thy children have unfurled
Is dear to every heart.
Long like our old flag, may it wave—
That which for aye shall be
The symbol of the true and brave,
The banner of the Free!





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