English poem
And long, long ages hence, when the Land that we love so…
by John Reade (1826–)
And long, long ages hence, when the Land that we love so well Has clasped us all (as a mother clasps her babe) to her motherly bosom, Those who shall walk on the dust of us, with pride in their Land shall tell, Holding the fruit in their grateful hands, of the birth of to-day, the blossom.
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