America! At this thy Golden Gate,
New travelled from those portals of the West,
Parting-I make my reverence! It were best
With backward looks to quit a Queen in state!
Land of all lands most fair, and free, and great,
Of countless kindred lips, wherefrom I heard
Sweet speech of Shakespeare-keep it consecrate
For noble uses! Land of Freedom’s Bird,
Fearless and proud! so let him soar that, stirred
By generous joy, all lands may learn from thee
A larger life, and Europe, undeterred
By ancient dreads, dare also to be free
Body and Soul, seeing thine eagle gaze
Undazzled, upon Freedom’s sun full-blaze.
(Edwin Arnold)
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