← International Temperance Hymn Hymns and Tunes (1888) · No. 1388

International Temperance Hymn

Brittannia, rouse thee! queen Isle of the Ocean,

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Brittannia, rouse thee! queen Isle of the Ocean,And strike for the millions that boast of thy fame;Columbia, answer with heart of devotion,And march to the strife in the Conqueror's name.Old land of the brave,Thy flag on the wave,O long may it ride o'er thy enemy's grave!

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Columbia, fresh as the glow of the morning,And strong in the race of the nations to run;—A tyrant is rising, look well to the warning,And honor the name of thine own Washington;Young land of the free,Let all the world seeThe rapture of freedom still dwelling in thee!

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And thou, Young Dominion! crowned in earth's story,And bathed in the light of the Temperance Star,Dost shine as a bride in her coronal glory,Our sister-land, greeted and praised from afar;Shout back o'er the sea,To the Queen of the Free,Victorious splendor still lingers o'er thee.

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Brittannia, hasten! Columbia, speed thee!The wide world is waiting a new, holy song;Be brave in the struggle, and onward God lead thee!Till jubilee cometh, exultant and long;The waves of the seaShall chime with the free,—To God in the heaven's the glory shall be.