O land, of all earth’s lands the best,
Fair Free­dom’s em­pire in the west;
From ris­ing to the set­ting sun,
All na­tions here unite in one.

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Fair Free­dom’s land! fair Free­dom’s land!
Begirt with might, long may she stand!
And may her realm Christ’s king­dom be
From lake to gulf, from sea to sea.

Our fa­thers came as ex­iles here,
They saw our day with vi­sion clear;
Despised at home, the cor­ner­stones
Which God, the na­tion’s build­er, owns.

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By faith this good­ly land I see,
In Christ’s own free­dom doub­ly free;
From north to south, from east to west,
Beneath His gen­tle sce­pter blest.

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Shall we, the sons of Pil­grim sires,
Neglect to kin­dle fresh the fires
They light­ed on At­lan­tic’s coast,
Which make our land of lands, the boast.

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Ah, no! by faith, Christ’s stand­ard goes
Beyond Si­er­ra’s dis­tant snows;
To where Pa­ci­fic wa­ter’s lie,
Beneath the gold­en sun­set sky.

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Ah, no! by faith this land I see,
In Christ’s own free­dom, doub­ly free;
From north to south, from east to west,
Beneath His gen­tle scep­ter blest.

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