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May the destiny of our beloved State still continue to be guided, 

 guarded, and protected by an all-wise Providence, to a future, grand, 

 glorious, sublime, and our prayer shall ever be : 



Great God, we thank Thee for this home, 

 This bounteous birth-land of the free; 



Where wanderers from a far may come 

 And breathe the air of liberty. 



Still may her flowers untrampled spring, 

 Her harvest wave, her cities rise; 



And yet, till time shall fold her wing, 

 Eemain earth's loveliest paradise. 



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