A Song Of Our Nation

Crowding the eastern gates,

Crowding the western gates,

To these United States

From all the earth,

Here may they ever find

Welcome and solace kind,

Freedom of heart and mind,

Fortune and worth.

Here may we be as one,

Here may the right be done,

Here let our purpose run

True evermore;

Here in fair brotherhood

Seeking the common good,

Stand as our fathers stood,

Bear as they bore.

God of our liberty,

Keep us securely free,

Grant us on land and sea

Blessings of peace;

But for the stricken right

May we be firm to fight.

And may our honest might

Ever increase.