Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1918 — AMERICA [ARTICLE]

AMERICA

My county, ’tis of' thee* Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing; Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims’ pride, Pjrom every mountain side Let freedom ring. My native country, thee, Land of the noble free, Thy name 1 love; 1 love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills; My heart with rapture thrills Like that above.

Let music swell the* breeze, And ring from all the trees, Sweet freedom’s song; Let mortal tongues awake, Let all that breathe partake, Let rocks their silence break, The sound prolong. Our fathers’ God, to Thee, Author of Liberty, To Thee I sing; Long may our land be bright, With freedom’s holy light; Protect us by Thy might, Great God our King. .■ -, „v * • —Samuel Francis Smith.