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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OUR HERITAGE, by HERMAN H. HANSON
First Line: A virgin land in the unknown west
Last Line: For dear old delaware!
Subject(s): Delaware
First Line: A virgin land in the unknown west
Last Line: For dear old delaware!
Subject(s): Delaware
A virgin land in the unknown west
Marshes wide, by the sea,
The forest deep and the rolling hills
A rich land waiting free.
And out of the east a vessel sails
By storms tossed, beating slow,
In quest of a haven, home and peace
Where primal forests grow.
A city builds where the swift stream runs;
Forests yield to farms:
The pioneers into soldiers turn
At the sound of war's alarms.
Brave Rodney rides and the "Blue Hen's Chicks"
March forth from Dover Green.
A state is born on the Delaware,
The first of the old thirteen.
The years roll by and the golden grain
Carpets the peaceful hills,
Now orchards bloom where the oak and pine
Once shaded forest rills.
From out of the past to us come down
A heritage most fair.
Help us, O God, to guard it well
For dear old Delaware!
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