The Cyber Hymnal ‎#2020

2020. Great and Fair Is She

1. Great and fair is she, our land,
High of heart and strong of hand;
Dawn is on her forehead still,
In her veins youth’s arrowy thrill.
Hers are riches, might and fame;
All the earth resounds her name;
In her roadsteads navies ride:
Hath she need of aught beside?

2. Power Unseen, before whose eyes
Nations fall and nations rise,
Grant she climb not to her goal
All-forgetful of the Soul!
Firm in honor be she found,
Justice-armed and mercy-crowned,
Blest in labor, blest in ease,
Blest in noiseless charities.

3. Unenslaved by things that must
Yield full soon to moth and rust,
Let her hold a light on high
Men unborn may travel by.
Mightier still she then shall stand,
Molded by Thy secret hand,
Power Eternal, at whose call
Nations rise and nations fall.

Text Information

• First Line: Great and fair is she, our land
• Title: Great and Fair Is She
• Author: William Watson (1910)
• Meter: 77.77 D
• Language: English
• Source: The Muse in Exile (New York: John Lane Company, 1913)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR
• Composer: George Job Elvey (1858)
• Meter: 77.77 D
• Incipit: 33531 23335 31233
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Public Domain