Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1919 — AMERICA [ARTICLE]

AMERICA

My Country! 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty. Of thee I sing; Land where my fathers died! Land of the Pilgrim’s pride! From every mountain side Let freedom ring! My native country, thee, Land of the noble free, Thy name I love; I love thy rocks and sills, 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 we sing; Long may our land be bright, With freedom’s holy light; Protect us by thy might, Great God, our King.