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To America.
Giant daughter of Freedom, sprung
From the ancient home of the free!
Eagle, whose wings are grown so strong
To stretch from sea to sea!
From the ancient home of the free!
Eagle, whose wings are grown so strong
To stretch from sea to sea!
Gird thyself to the battle! Cry,
As the eagle cries from the crag!
Swifter than wings that darken the sky
Thy sons flock keen to the flag.
As the eagle cries from the crag!
Swifter than wings that darken the sky
Thy sons flock keen to the flag.
Swoop, as the eagle swoops from far,
Where Europe struggles free
From that foul-festering fallen star,
That once was Germany!
Where Europe struggles free
From that foul-festering fallen star,
That once was Germany!
The winds between us as angels go;
The waves between that roll
Are running messengers to and fro,
Pulse of a single soul.
The waves between that roll
Are running messengers to and fro,
Pulse of a single soul.
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Come in strength, as the Ocean stream,
That of thy warm breast doth rise!
Come in miracle, morning-gleam
Risen in sunset skies!
That of thy warm breast doth rise!
Come in miracle, morning-gleam
Risen in sunset skies!
Come, the herald of Peace on Earth,
For which the world has sighed!
O joy! the burden comes to the birth
We deemed in the womb had died.
For which the world has sighed!
O joy! the burden comes to the birth
We deemed in the womb had died.
O joy! the seed that had seemed to die
In a deluge of blood and tears,
Is springing glorious, to belie
Our little-faith and fears.
In a deluge of blood and tears,
Is springing glorious, to belie
Our little-faith and fears.
Giant daughter of Freedom, sprung
From the loins of our fathers free!
We have been one kin, one lore, one tongue,
We are now one soul with thee.
From the loins of our fathers free!
We have been one kin, one lore, one tongue,
We are now one soul with thee.
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