Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (18331908). An American Anthology, 17871900. 1900. |
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1286. One Country |
| By Frank Lebby Stanton |
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AFTER all, | |
One country, brethren! We must rise or fall | |
With the Supreme Republic. We must be | |
The makers of her immortality, | |
Her freedom, fame, | 5 |
Her glory or her shame: | |
Liegemen to God and fathers of the free! | |
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After all | |
Hark! from the heights the clear, strong, clarion call | |
And the command imperious: Stand forth, | 10 |
Sons of the South and brothers of the North! | |
Stand forth and be | |
As one on soil and sea | |
Your countrys honor more than empires worth! | |
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After all, | 15 |
T is Freedom wears the loveliest coronal; | |
Her brow is to the morning; in the sod | |
She breathes the breath of patriots; every clod | |
Answers her call | |
And rises like a wall | 20 |
Against the foes of liberty and God! | |
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