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Our country, unrivalled in beauty, / And splendor that cannot be told, / How lovely thy hills and thy woodlands, / Arrayed in the sunlight of gold. / The eagle, proud king of the mountain, / Is soaring majestic and free; / Thy rivers and lakes in their grandeur / Roll on to the arms of the sea.
Our country, the birthplace of freedom, / The land where our forefathers trod, / And sang in the aisles of the forest / Their hymns of thanksgiving to God. / Their bark they had moored in the harbor, / No more on the ocean to roam; / And there in the wilds of New England / They founded a country and home.
Our country, with ardent devotion, / In God may thy children abide; / In him be the strength of the nation, / His laws and His counsel to guide. / Our banner-that time honored banner- / That floats in the ocean's bright foam, / God keep it unsullied forever, / Our standard, our union, our home.