Great, my country, great in gold, Great in riches manifold, Great in store of vital grain, Great in trade's benign domain, Ever great in kindly deed, All your wealth for all that need. Strong, my country, armed in might, Bold in battle for the right, Ready for the testing hour, Knowing not to faint or cower, And your valor all possessed For the weaker and oppressed. Free, my country, nobly free, Gracious land of liberty, Free in word and free in thought, Freedom's fabric freely wrought, Free to break the chains that bind Wretched millions of mankind. True, my country, grandly true To the task that calls for you, True in peril's dire despite To the challenge of the right, To the far ideal plan, Ever true to God and man. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON TALK OF PEACE AT THIS TIME by ROBERT FROST THE YOUNG WARRIOR by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON A MENDOCINO MEMORY by EDWIN MARKHAM THE NEW APOCRYPHA: BERENICE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SONG OF THE MOON by CLAUDE MCKAY LIKE A BULRUSH by MARIANNE MOORE |