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! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DIORAMA PAINTER AT THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY by KAREN SWENSON THE HUMAN ABSTRACT, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE PARTING by COVENTRY KERSEY DIGHTON PATMORE MY MADONNA by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE A PRAIRIE SUNSET by WALT WHITMAN THE SAD SHEPHERD by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE TWO TREES by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS ODES: BOOK 2: ODE 4. TO THE HON. CHARLES TOWNSHEND, IN THE COUNTRY by MARK AKENSIDE |