Children's Hymnal ‎#217

217. O Beautiful, Our Country!

1 O beautiful, our country!
Be thine a nobler care
Than all thy wealth of commerce,
Thy harvests waving fair;
Be it thy pride to lift up
The manhood of the poor;
Be thou to the oppressed
Fair freedom’s open door.

2 For thee our fathers suffered,
For thee they toiled and prayed;
Upon thy holy altar
Their willing lives they laid;
Thou hast no common birthright,
Grand memories on thee shine;
The blood of noble races
Commingled flows in thine.

3 O beautiful, our country!
Round thee in love we draw;
Thine be the grace of Freedom,
The majesty of Law;
Be Righteousness thy scepter,
Justice thy diadem,
And on thy shining forehead
Be peace the crowning gem.

Text Information

• First Line: O beautiful, our country!
• Title: O Beautiful, Our Country!
• Author: Frederick Lucian Hosmer
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1957
• Topic: Patriotic

Tune Information

• Name: [O beautiful, our country!]
• Composer: Alexander Ewing
• Key: D♭ Major