| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 243. America |
| | | By Samuel Francis Smith |
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| MY country, ’t is of thee, | |
| Sweet land of liberty, | |
| Of thee I sing; | |
| Land where my fathers died, | |
| Land of the pilgrims’ pride, | 5 |
| From every mountain-side | |
| Let freedom ring. | |
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| My native country, thee, | |
| Land of the noble free,— | |
| Thy name I love; | 10 |
| I love thy rocks and rills, | |
| Thy woods and templed hills; | |
| My heart with rapture thrills | |
| Like that above. | |
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| Let music swell the breeze, | 15 |
| And ring from all the trees, | |
| Sweet freedom’s song; | |
| Let mortal tongues awake, | |
| Let all that breathe partake, | |
| Let rocks their silence break,— | 20 |
| The sound prolong. | |
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| Our fathers’ God, to Thee, | |
| Author of liberty, | |
| To Thee I sing; | |
| Long may our land be bright | 25 |
| With freedom’s holy light; | |
| Protect us by thy might, | |
Great God our King.
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