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Edgar Guest - Our CountryEdgar Guest - Our Country
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God grant that we shall never see   Our country slave to lust and greed; God grant that here all men shall be   United by a common creed. Here Freedom`s Flag has held the sky   Unstained, untarnished from its birth; Long may it wave to typify   The happiest people on the earth. Beneath its folds have mothers smiled   To see their little ones at play; No tyrant hand, by shame defiled,   To them has barred life`s rosy way. No cruel wall of caste or class   Has bid men pause or turn aside; Here looms no gate they may not pass--   Here every door is opened wide. Here at the wells of Freedom all   Who are athirst may drink their fill. Here fame and fortune wait to call   The toiler who has proved his skill. Here wisdom sheds afar its light   As every morn the school bells ring, And little children read and write   And share the knowledge of a king. God grant that we shall never see   Our country slave to lust and greed; God grant that men shall always be   United for our nation`s need. Here selfishness has never reigned,   Here freedom all who come may know; By tyranny our Flag`s unstained!   God grant that we may keep it so.
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