My Country Tis of Thee

[Brownie]

My Country 'Tis of Thee
Words:Samuel Francis Smith (1831)
My country tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing.
Land where my fathers died!
Land of the Pilgrim's pride!
From every mountain side,
Let freedom ring!
My native country, thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love.
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills;
My heart with rapture fills
Like that above.
Let music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees
Sweet freedom's song.
Let mortal tongues awake;
Let all that breathe partake;
Let rocks their silence break,
The sound prolong.
Our father's God to, Thee,
Author of liberty,
To Thee we sing.
Long may our land be bright
With freedom's holy light;
Protect us by Thy might,
Great God, our King!

 

[stardragon]

not to rain on a parade here but it always annoys me how so many patriotic songs have gotta mention God in his big-man-in-the-sky getup... "God our King" sure don't make my heart swell..

 

[~ * ~ MaD HaTTeR ~ * ~]

/me hugs brownie

 

[Toadstool]

Thank you brownie.

 

[Nietzche]

 

[Shady Duo]

not to be a dick.
but i felt the need to comment on the overwhelming number of patriotic songs/sonnets/verses/poems showing up in here lately.
does it seriously take a major incident to make everyone have pride in their country?
again.. that's not meant as a flame or a slam or as a means to "assrape" this post.
just voicing an opinion. after all. this is america. heh.
duo uno
[This message has been edited by Shady Duo (edited 14 September 2001).]

 

[C Divinity]

*rolls eyes at star*
thanks brownie

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[PixieGirl]