BOOK XII
Country
The higher patriotism; the duty of man to his country as seen from the point of view of those who would make the country the parent and friend of all who dwell in it.
Our Country
(Read July 4, 1883)
By John Greenleaf Whittier
(New England Quaker poet, 1807-1892; a prominent anti-slavery advocate)
We give thy natal day to hope,
O country of our love and prayer!