What Have we all to Become ( a lyrical poem of reconciliation)
A few hundred years ago, all our forefathers did bestow, to help form this nation,
The thoughts and dreams, of great hope it gleems, commands a standing ovation.
Our futures preserved by the union we deserved, forged by their righteous hands,
The constitution, its bill of rights, set our courses, true, as this, each understands.
Refrain:
May our god, save and keep us, his help we shall need, for evermore,
Helps us to stand all across this wide land, his guidance to go before.
This country to have suffered the pangs of struggle, for over two hundred years,
We have weathered storms, as a new country forms, have cast away our fears.
Have risen in this world, as our flag is unfurled, amid marching bands and cheers.
We have built strong lives, our society thrives, with help of our people, our peers.
Refrain:
May our god save and keep us, his help we shall need for ever more,
Helps us to stand, all across this wide land, his guidance to go before.
We have lived through a war was once set, to divide this nation, each state,
Through years of fighting, we gained back our union, as this was our fate.
Great world wars, One and Two, both to test our strength and our resolve,
Through much sacrifice, loss of life, our challenges, demands, were solved.
Refrain:
May our god save and keep us, his help we shall need for evermore,
Helps us to stand, all across this wide land, his guidance to go before.
After two wars in Asia, and across the seas, we still hold fast, are well united,
Many new challenges, some so great, approaches have been short sighted,
We still have hungry to feed, to clothe, our country still in need of more work,
Wages of many, not enough to cope, education's needs, we should not shirk.
Refrain:
May our god save and keep us, his help we shall need for evermore,
Helps us to stand, all across this wide land, his guidance to go before.
What have we all to become... our nation still great, very grand, to be,
With leadership strong, we may all still belong, in this land of the free.
May our god save and to keep us, his help we shall need for evermore,
Helps us to stand, all across this wide land, his guidance to go before.
Refrain:
May our god save and keep us, his help we shall need for evermore,
Helps us stand, all across this wide land, his guidance to go before.
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