Songs – America Divine https://americadivine.org An online devotional shrine to Our Lady of The Republic Sun, 09 Mar 2014 12:39:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.11 Columbia, The Gem of the Ocean https://americadivine.org/columbia-gem-ocean/ Sun, 09 Mar 2014 12:39:44 +0000 http://www.americadivine.org/?p=32 O Columbia! the gem of the ocean, The home of the brave and the free, The shrine of each patriot’s devotion, A world offers homage to Thee; Thy mandates make heroes assemble, When Liberty‘s form stands in view; Thy banners make tyranny tremble, When borne by the red, white, and blue. -Thomas Becket, Sr. with … Continue reading Columbia, The Gem of the Ocean →

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]]> O Columbia! the gem of the ocean,
The home of the brave and the free,
The shrine of each patriot’s devotion,
A world offers homage to Thee;
Thy mandates make heroes assemble,
When Liberty‘s form stands in view;
Thy banners make tyranny tremble,
When borne by the red, white, and blue.

-Thomas Becket, Sr. with David Shaw, c. 1843

This is just the first part of the first verse, but it’s beautiful on its own.  All of the lyrics are available at Wikipedia.

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