Classic Poem

(A TOAST FOR DOMINION DAY)

Here's to the glory of the land that we name
The dear Land of Canada the Free,
Where our hope is, and our home, and our faith, and our fame, —
For Canadians — Canadians are we!

Dominion is to us from Columbia's shores of balm
To the shouting tides of glad Acadie,
From the laughing waves of Erie to the Arctic fields of calm, —
For Canadians — Canadians are we!

Here the lily and the thistle, the shamrock and the rose,
Are at one beneath our goodly maple tree,
From our union confusion shall come down about our foes, —
For Canadians — Canadians are we!

Then here's to our Land! Lundy's Lane — Chateauguay —
Would they win by bribe or battle? They shall see
Our Maple Flag forever proclaim our nation's sway, —
For Canadians — Canadians are we!