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"Build me a nation," said the Lord.
The distant nations heard the word, / Build me a nation true and strong, / Bar out the old world's hate and wrong; / For men had traced with blood and tears / The trail of weary wasting years, / And torn and bleeding martyrs trod / Through fire and torture up to God.