English poem
Let the shout of our joy to-day be borne through the pulse…
by John Reade (1826–)
Let the shout of our joy to-day be borne through the pulse of the sea, To the grand old lands of our fathers,—a token of loyalest love; And may the winds bring back sweet words, O our Land, to thee— As, in the far old time, the peace-leaf came with the dove.