"Bless This Country"

A Poem from the Collective Works of Clara A. Treat

Bless this country, this America,
this land we hold so dear,
Founded upon Freedom
from oppression and from fear.

From the hearts of men who envisioned
that this land someday would be,
a fortress and a shrine
for the covenants of the free.

Through the ages, stand we guardians
of America’s bright flame,
ever steadfast we will honor
the glory of her name.

Her shores must ever beckon
with Liberty’s sweet light,
to the hearts of all our brothers,
a bright beacon in the night.