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DEAR COUNTRY MINE

By Richard Watson Gilder



Dear country mine! far in that viewless west,

And ocean-warded, strife thou too hast known;

But may thy sun hereafter bloodless shine,

And may thy way be onward without wrath,

And upward on no carcass of the slain;

And if thou smitest let it be for peace

And justice--not in hate, or pride, or lust

Of empire. Mayst thou ever be, O land,

Noble and pure as thou art free and strong;

So shalt thou lift a light for all the world

And for all time, and bring the Age of Peace.



--By permission, From "Five Books of Song."

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