Kitabı oku: «The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864», sayfa 17

'COR UNUM, VIA UNA.'

GOD BLESS OUR NATIVE LAND!

 
From every clime, and name, and race,
The thronging myriads came,
A mighty Empire's bounds to trace,
A wilderness to tame!
 
 
Chorus—From mountain peak to sear-girt shore,
Let Freedom's noble band
Uplift the song thrills each heart's core:
God bless our native land!
 
 
Columbia's plains are broad and fair,
Each coast an ocean laves,
Vast lakes and streams fleet navies bear
Upon their sun-lit waves.
 
 
Chorus.
 
 
Her mountains towering meet the skies,
Her vales are clad in green,
Her leafy forests proudly rise,
Pure gold her grain's bright sheen.
 
 
Chorus.
 
 
United flows our mingled blood,
And Freedom guards the land,
While linked in closest brotherhood,
Invincible we stand!
 
 
Chorus.
 
 
Unfurl our banner! Let it wave
From every plain and crag!
Its beacon light our fathers gave,—
All hail! our glorious flag!
 
 
Chorus—From mountain peak to sea-girt shore,
Let Freedom's noble band
Uplift the song thrills each heart's core:
God bless our native land!