English poem
And sea and lake and mountain
by John Reade (1826–)
And sea and lake and mountain, And man and beast and bird— Our happy Land’s life fountain— By one great voice are stirred. Bells chime out merrily, Trumpets call cheerily, Cannons boom lustily, Greet the glad day! Rose-wreath and fleur-de-lys, Shamrock and thistle be Joined to the maple tree Now and for aye!
More by John Reade
- And men had lived in mist so long
- And now as our young nationhood is struggling into birth
- And now to you he brings
- And now, when centuries have flown
- And she hears many tongues of men, that are singing as one…
- And some are honoured, being dead
- And witches point, with palsied hand
- And, singing thus, he passed his days