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AMERICA
O THOU, AMERICA
MESSIAH OF NATIONS!
In
BY
James Whitcomb Riley
the need that bows us thus,
America!
Shape a mighty song for us -
America !
Song to whelm a hundred years'
Roar of wars and rain of tears
'Neath a world's triumphant cheers:
America! America!
High o'erlooking sea and land,
America!
Trustfully with outheld hand,
America!
Thou dost welcome all in quest
Of thy freedom, peace and rest-
Every exile is thy guest,
America! America!
Thine a universal love,
America !
Thine the cross and crown thereof,
America!
Aid us, then, to sing thy worth:
God hath builded, from thy birth,
The first nation of the earth
America! America!
COPYRIGHT, 1907. JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
440 PUBLISHED BY P. F. VOLLAND CO. CHI.
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