The Army and Navy Hymnal/Hymns/Great and Fair Is She, Our Land

by William Watson(St. George's Windsor by George Job Elvey)

For other versions of this work, see St. George's Windsor.

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Great and Fair Is She, Our Land

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(ST. GEORGE'S, WINDSOR. 7, 7, 7, 7, D.)

William Watson, 1910

George J. Elvey, 1858

1. Great and fair is she, Our land,
   High of heart and strong of hand;
   Dawn is on her fore -head still,
   In her veins youth's arrowy thrill.
   Hers are riches, might and fame ;
   All the earth resounds her name ;
   In her road-steads navies ride :
   Hath she need of aught beside ?
   
2. Power Unseen, before whose eyes
   Nations fall and nations rise,
   Grant she climb not to her goal
   All forgetful of the Soul !
   Firm in honor be she found,
   Justice-armed and mercy-crowned,
   Blest in labor, blest in ease,
   Blest in noiseless cahritides.
   
3. Unenslaved by thing that must
   Yield full soon to mouth and rust,
   Let her hold a light on high
   Men unborn may travel by.
   Mightier still she then shall stand,
   Moulded by thy secret hand,
   Power Eternal, at whose call
   Nations rise and nations fall Amem.