Classic Poem

For Music.

Land of the dawn and the sunset,
Land of the tassel'd maize,
Dream-leaven'd Land of Tomorrow,
Hear us and take our praise!
We who have labor'd to build thee
Or breasted the seas to find,
Pledge thee our faith to guard thee
Through thee to serve mankind!

That Freedom shall not here perish,
Nor State nor Church oppress,
Faith of our fathers to cherish
And human wrong redress,
We give thee, dear Land, devotion
To build thee a fane without flaw,
Where Justice shall seal our Union,
And Liberty mansion our law.

Home of the wild deer and eaglet,
Land of prairie and pine,
Under thy blue heaven's circlet
God! kindle new faith divine
To light the peace of a kingdom
Where through the gray dusk of wars
Bright burn the beacons of Freedom —
Republic of the Stars!