Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume VIII. National Spirit. 1904. | | | | I. Patriotism | | America | | Samuel Francis Smith (1808–1895) |
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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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