God grant that we shall never see <br /> Our country slave to lust and greed; <br />God grant that here all men shall be <br /> United by a common creed. <br />Here Freedom's Flag has held the sky <br /> Unstained, untarnished from its birth; <br />Long may it wave to typify <br /> The happiest people on the earth. <br /> <br />Beneath its folds have mothers smiled <br /> To see their little ones at play; <br />No tyrant hand, by shame defiled, <br /> To them has barred life's rosy way. <br />No cruel wall of caste or class <br /> Has bid men pause or turn aside; <br />Here looms no gate they may not pass- <br /> Here every door is opened wide. <br /> <br />Here at the wells of Freedom all <br /> Who are athirst may drink their fill. <br />Here fame and fortune wait to call <br /> The toiler who has proved his skill. <br />Here wisdom sheds afar its light <br /> As every morn the school bells ring, <br />And little children read and write <br /> And share the knowledge of a king. <br /> <br />God grant that we shall never see <br /> Our country slave to lust and greed; <br />God grant that men shall always be <br /> United for our nation's need. <br />Here selfishness has never reigned, <br /> Here freedom all who come may know; <br />By tyranny our Flag's unstained! <br /> God grant that we may keep it so.<br /><br />Edgar Albert Guest<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/our-country-7/
