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AMERICA. - ZaunköniG - 05.05.2009
AMERICA.
Great people, whom across the Atlantic seas,
Our thoughts, expanding with the space, behold;
And know thy starry front, serene and bold,
E'en as Orion, when the winters freeze ;
Thy distance fades by changing moon's degrees ;
Peace hovers o'er the middle depths, to hold
On either side her scales of antique gold,
Spanning the depths ; but not alone for these ;
But that ye come from an ancestral line,
That hence departed, keeping freedom's ways;
And speak the language that the band divine,
And storied memories of great deeds did raise,
When the old world was wondrous; let the sign
Of love shine out betwixt us, in our days.