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A CHANT FOR PATRIOTS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Patriots, patriots, love we our land!
Last Line: God of the nations, we yield us to thee!
Subject(s): Patriotism


Patriots, patriots, love we our land!
Strong be its battlements ever to stand;
Brave be the people's hearts, eager to fight
Stoutly for freedom, for God and the right.

Patriots, patriots, true to the past,
Hold we our fathers' faith, long may it last.
Bold were their spirits for manliest fray;
God keep us valorous even as they.

Patriots, patriots, brotherly wise,
Heed we the summons of alien cries;
Faintest, forlornest of far-away wrong
Find in us champions ready and strong.

Patriots, patriots, never in pride
Weakest of liberties cast we aside;
Heedless of righteousness never may we
Build on the continents, traverse the sea.

Patriots, patriots, high in our aim,
Glorious purpose we seek and proclaim, --
Holiest, happiest, boldest, and best,
Never to falter and never to rest.

Patriots, patriots, not in our might,
Not in our wisdom design we and fight:
Kept by Thy governance worthy and free,
God of the nations, we yield us to Thee!





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