GREETING TO AMERICA.
WORDS 11 Y « TAYLOR — MUSIC HY J. IIftNCDICr. 1 greet with a full heart, the Land of the West, Whoso bunticr of stars o'er the woild is unrolled ; Whoie empire o'ersludows Atlantic's wide breuai And ope'a to the sunset its gateway of Roltl ! The land of the mounti.ii), this land of the lake, And rivera that roll in magnificent tide— Wheie the souls of tlie mighty from slumber awake And hallow the soil for whose freedom they died! Thou Cradle of Kmpire 1 though wide be the foam Tlutt Bcvcra the laud of my fathers and thee, I hear, from thy bosom, the welcome of home, For Sonjj has a home in Die heaitu of the Free ! As kng as thy waters hhall gleum in the sun, As long as thy heroes icmember their suurs, Uc the hands of thy children united aa one, And Peaco shed hur light on ihy BxmM of Stars
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New Zealander, Volume 6, Issue 491, 28 December 1850, Page 3
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157GREETING TO AMERICA. New Zealander, Volume 6, Issue 491, 28 December 1850, Page 3
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