Versos English John Reade Let the shout of our joy to-day be borne through the pulse…

English poem

Let the shout of our joy to-day be borne through the pulse…

by (1826–)

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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.