The Cyber Hymnal ‎#12701

12701. Land Of Our Birth, We Pledge To Thee

1 Land of our birth, we pledge to thee
Our love and toil in the years to be;
When we are grown and take our place
As men and women with our race.

2 Father in Heav’n, who lovest all,
O help Thy children when they call;
That they may build from age to age
An undefilèd heritage!

3 Teach us to bear the yoke in youth,
With steadfastness and careful truth;
That, in our time, Thy grace may give
The truth whereby the nations live.

4 Teach us to rule ourselves alway,
Controlled and cleanly night and day,
That we may bring, if need arise,
No maimed or worthless sacrifice.

5 Teach us to look in all our ends,
On Thee for judge, and not our friends,
That we, with Thee, may walk uncowed
By fear or favor of the crowd.

6 Teach us the strength that cannot seek,
By deed or thought, to hurt the weak,
That, under Thee, we may possess
Man’s strength to comfort man’s distress.

7 Teach us delight in simple things,
And mirth that has no bitter springs,
Forgiveness free of evil done,
And love to all men ’neath the sun!

8 Land of our birth, our faith, our pride,
For whose dear sake our fathers died;
O motherland, we pledge to thee
Head, heart and hand through the years to be!

Text Information

• First Line: Land of our birth, we pledge to thee
• Title: Land Of Our Birth, We Pledge To Thee
• Author: Rudyard Kipling
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: Puck of Pook's Hill (New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1906)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: PENTECOST by William Boyd, RIVAULX by John B. Dykes

Tune Information

• Name: TRURO
• Meter: LM
• Key: C Major
• Source: Psalmodia Evangelica by Thomas Williams, 1789
• Copyright: Public Domain