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| 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. | |
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| Father in Heaven who lovest all. | 5 |
| Oh help Thy children when they call; | |
| That they may build from age to age, | |
| An undefiled heritage. | |
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| Teach us to bear the yoke in youth, | |
| With steadfastness and careful truth; | 10 |
| That, in our time, Thy Grace may give | |
| The Truth whereby the Nations live. | |
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| Teach us to rule ourselves alway, | |
| Controlled and cleanly night and day; | |
| That we may bring, if need arise, | 15 |
| No maimed or worthless sacrifice. | |
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| 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 favour of the crowd. | 20 |
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| 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. | |
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| Teach us Delight in simple things, | 25 |
| And Mirth that has no bitter springs; | |
| Forgiveness free of evil done, | |
| And Love to all men ’neath the sun! | |
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| Land of our Birth, our faith, our pride, | |
| For whose dear sake our fathers died; | 30 |
| Oh Motherland, we pledge to thee, | |
| Head, heart, and hand through the years to be! | |
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