A Manual of Worship #293
Display Title: O beautiful, my country First Line: O beautiful, my country Author: Frederick L. Hosmer Date: 1903
A Manual of Worship #293
1 O beautiful, our country!
Be thine a nobler care
Than all thy wealth of commerce,
Thy harvests waving fair;
Be it thy pride to lift up
The manhood of the poor;
Be thou to the oppressed
Fair freedom’s open door.
2 For thee our fathers suffered,
For thee they toiled and prayed;
Upon thy holy altar
Their willing lives they laid;
Thou hast no common birthright,
Grand memories on thee shine;
The blood of noble races
Commingled flows in thine.
3 O beautiful, our country!
Round thee in love we draw;
Thine be the grace of Freedom,
The majesty of Law;
Be Righteousness thy scepter,
Justice thy diadem,
And on thy shining forehead
Be peace the crowning gem.
Source: Children's Hymnal #217
First Line: | O Beautiful! My Country! |
Author: | Frederick Lucian Hosmer (1884) |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6 D |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |