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| Text: | O beautiful, our country! |
| Author: | F. L. Hosmer, 1840- |
| Tune: | HOLY CITY |
| Composer: | A. R. Gaul, 1837-1913 |
1 O beautiful, our 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 noble races
Commingled flows in thine.
3 O beautiful, our country!
Round thee in love we draw;
Thine be 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!
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | O beautiful, our country! |
| Author: | F. L. Hosmer, 1840- |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1917 |
| Topic: | Country, our |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HOLY CITY |
| Composer: | A. R. Gaul, 1837-1913 |
| Meter: | 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 |
| Key: | G Major or modal |
| Source: | From the Cantata "The Holy City" |
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