Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ALABAMA, by BELLE RICHARDSON HARRISON


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First Line: Alabama, here we rest
Last Line: On alabama soil to rest.
Subject(s): Alabama


ALABAMA, here we rest,
By the gods divinely blest,
Nature's largess at our feet',
Earth and sky in beauty meet;
In summer's sun or winter's cold,
Behold our blessings manifold.

Alabama, here we rest,
By no tyrant foe oppressed.
Peace and plenty reign supreme,
Life, a calm unruffled stream
Onward flows by many an isle,
Where sirens chant and houris smile.

Alabama, here we rest,
Zephyr fanned and breeze caressed,
Roses blush from May to May,
Mock birds sing on every spray.
Realm of beauty, dream of bliss,
There is no fairer land than this!

Alabama, here we rest
Tranquilly upon thy breast.
Here our household altars rise
Canopied by southern skies.
Grateful! hearts hosannas raise
In voicing Alabama's praise.

Forced by fate's decree to roam
Afar from friends and childhood's home,
Where'er the clime, whate'er the scene,
Though oceans widely roll between—
O this shall be my last request,
On Alabama soil to rest.





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