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2i8 THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF |
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STANDISH JAMES O'GRADY (1846- )
I GIVE MY HEART TO THEE |
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GIVE my heart to thee, O mother-land — I, if none else, recall the sacred womb. I, if none else, behold the loving eyes Bent over on thy myriad progeny Who care not nor regard thee as they go,
0 tender, sorrowing, weeping, hoping land !
1 give my heart to thee, O mother-land.
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I give my heart to thee, O father-land, Fast-anchored on thine own eternal soul, Rising with cloudy mountains to the skies.
0 proud, strong land, unstooping, stern of rule, Me rule as ever; let me feel thy might;
Let me go forth with thee now and for aye.
1 give my heart to thee, O father-land.
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I give my heart to thee, heroic land — To thee or in thy morning when the Sun Flashed on thy giant limbs—thy lurid noon -— Or in thy depth of night, fierce-thoughted one — |
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