More famed than Rome, as splendid as old Greece, And saintlier than Hebrew prophet's dream; A shrine of beauty, Italy-inspired; A nobler France, by truth and freedom fired; As hale as England, treasuring the gleam Of knightly Arthur; though a land of peace, As brave as Sparta—till all hellish wars shall cease. In thoughts, as wise as is her prairie sea; In deeds, as splendid as her mountain piles; As noble as her mighty river tides. Let her be true, a land where right abides; Let her be clean, as sweet as summer isles; And let her sound the note of liberty For all the earth, till every man and child be free! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A HYMN FOR PROCESSION WITH CROSS AND BANNERS by SABINE BARING-GOULD POLLY BE-EN UPZIDES WI' TOM by WILLIAM BARNES NATALITIUM: MARTIJ 13, 1643 by JOSEPH BEAUMONT EASTERN TEMPEST by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN ON THE WAY TO CHURCH by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THE COY, SELECTION by WILLIAM BROOME |