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Page 1 of 11899 · PDF PAGE 3
…and, Whose manifest dominion, like a star, Fixed by the iron hands and swords of war, Now must for aye, a constellation, stand— Thou new strong nation ! as the eagle aspires To match the sun’s own fires, Children of our land, hear the children of your sires. We stretch out hands to-day when the white wings Of Peace are spread beneath you and your foe. O race of men that slay the slaves of kings ! We, whom the foam-crowned ocean still enrings, We, whose strong freedom never brooked a blow, Hail you now victors, hail you of the sword Proved in th…
1899 · PDF PAGE 9
…born love and ardour unrepressed, Let Lethe steep in its unquiet rest The old years whose red hands have made us great. O fair republic, strong and swift, unbind The shackles of thy mind : More than our kin ye are ; henceforth not less than kind. Bind on the splendid sandals, and unloose The burning horses, and fling wide the reins ! From cold Archangel unto Syracuse Europe shall see and tremble and ask truce, And new blood pour through Asia’s wasted veins. Our Empire from Guiana to Hong Kong, In your new love made strong, Shall last while eart…
1899 · PDF PAGE 6
…our fathers did you wrong ? Though brave sons brake our bitter yoke ? Though we Strove to compel you to a cruel thong ? What, though the stronger did defeat the strong ? Both, wild and patient as the steep strong sea ? What matter that some strive to waken hate, Traitors to either state, Hang them in chains ! Our way to Freedom cannot wait ! 4
1899 · PDF PAGE 14
…lebrate the brave undying morn When the free nations put aside their scorn For friendship, rock no sundering surge may climb, When their strong hands gripped hard across the sea, Flushed with fresh victory, Lands royal, leal, and great, vast beautiful, and free. Our children’s children shall unsheathe the sword Against the envy of some tyrant power, The leader of your people and our lord Shall join to wrest from slavery abhorred Some other race, a fair storm-ruined flower ! O fair republic, lover and sweet friend, Your loyal hand extend, Let fr…