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MY AMERICA, by                    
First Line: More famed than rome, as splendid as old greece
Last Line: For all the earth, till every man and child be free!
Subject(s): Patriotism; United States; America


More famed than Rome, as splendid as old Greece,
And saintlier than Hebrew prophet's dream;
A shrine of beauty, Italy-inspired;
A nobler France, by truth and freedom fired;
As hale as England, treasuring the gleam
Of knightly Arthur; though a land of peace,
As brave as Sparta—till all hellish wars shall cease.

In thoughts, as wise as is her prairie sea;
In deeds, as splendid as her mountain piles;
As noble as her mighty river tides.
Let her be true, a land where right abides;
Let her be clean, as sweet as summer isles;
And let her sound the note of liberty
For all the earth, till every man and child be free!





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