IMPROVING A NATIONAL ANTHEM.
A discussion has taken, place in the United.States as to whether the nation did. not deserve a better national anthem, one worthier- of the national ideals and more descriptive of all sections of the country. Dr. Van Dyke has therefore written itheeo additional stanzas, for " America' : — ■■■..- I love thine island, seas. . Thy groves of giant Ireei, . . . ■ . Thy rolling plains; , . Thy rivers' mighty sweep, , Thy mystic canyons.deep,. . Thy mountains wild ari3 steep, , • AH. thy domains;.. ' . Thy silver '■ Eastern strands, Thy Golden Gate that stands Fronting the West; Thy flowery Southland fair, ■ Thy sweet and crystal air— O Land beyond compare, Thee I love bestl : i,'
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 795, 19 April 1910, Page 8
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108IMPROVING A NATIONAL ANTHEM. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 795, 19 April 1910, Page 8
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