The Hymnal for Boys and Girls ‎#80

80. O Beautiful, My Country

1 O beautiful, my country!
Be thine a nobler care
Than all thy wealth of commerce,
Thy harvests waving fair;
Be it thy pride to lift up
The manhood of the poor;
Be thou to the oppressed
Fair Freedom's open door.

2 For thee our fathers suffered,
For thee they toiled and prayed;
Upon thy holy altar
Their willing lives they laid;
Thou hast no common birthright,
Grand memories on thee shine;
The blood of pilgrim nations
Commingled flows in thine.

3 O beautiful, our country!
Round thee in love we draw;
Thine is the grace of freedom,
The majesty of law:
Be righteousness thy sceptre,
Justice thy diadem;
And on thy shining forehead
Be peace the crowning gem.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: O beautiful, my country!
• Title: O Beautiful, My Country
• Author: Frederick L. Hosmer
• Meter: 7.6.7.6.D.
• Publication Date: 1936
• Topic: Our Country

Tune Information

• Name: SALVE DOMINE
• Composer: Lawrence W. Watson
• Meter: 7.6.7.6.D.
• Key: G Major