GOD OF THE NATIONS. 



SCHOOL SONG BOOK. 



God of the nations in glory enthroned, 



Upon our loved country Thy blessings pour ; 



Guide us and guard us from strife in the future, 



Let Peace dwell among us for evermore. 



Proudly our Banner now gleams with golden luster, 



Brighter each star shines in the glorious cluster. 



Hail, Hail, Hail, banner of the free, 



And Peace and Union, and Peace and Union 



Throughout our 'happy land. 



STAR SPANGLED BANNER. 



SONGS OF LONG AGO. 

 I. 



O say, can you see by the dawn's early light, 



What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming ; 

 Whose broad stripes and bright stars thro' the perilous fight, 



O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? 

 And the rockets' red glare, bombs bursting in air! 

 Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there ! 



CHORUS : 



O say, does the star-spangled banner yet wave 

 O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave? 



II. 



On the shore dimly seen thro' the mists o'er the deep, 



Where the foes' haughty hosts in dread silence reposes, 



What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, 

 As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? 



Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, 



Tn full glory reflected, now shines on the stream 



CHORUS : 



'Tis the star-spangled banner ! oh ! long may it wave 

 O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave. 



III. 



Oh, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand 



Between their loved home and the war's desolation ; 



Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n rescued land, 

 Praise the pow'r that hath made and preserved us a nation ! 



Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just, 



And this be our motto "In God is our trust," 



CHORUS : 



And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave 

 O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave. 



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