Thursday, September 25, 2008

World Anthem


This is my song, O God of all the nations, a song of peace for lands afar and mine; this is my home, the country where my heart is; here are my hopes, my dreams, my holy shrine: but other hearts in other lands are beating with hopes and dreams as true and high as mine.

My country's skies are bluer than the ocean, and sunlight beams on cloverleaf and pine; but other lands have sunlight too, and clover, and skies are everywhere as blue as mine: O hear my song, thou God of all the nations, a song of peace for their land and for mine.

May truth and freedom come to every nation; may peace abound where strife has raged so long; that each may seek to love and build together, a world united, righting every wrong; a world united in its love for freedom, proclaiming peace together in one song.
These are the words to the national anthem of Finland. How beautiful is this? To me, this should be the world anthem.

4 comments:

  1. The last paragraph or stanza says it all, I think. Very lovely. :)

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  2. I agree, world anthem.
    I loved the words...very nice!!!
    Lovely image too, Graciel.
    xoxo

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  3. Wonderful . i fully agree this should be the world anthem .

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  4. Most anthems speak only of their nation's hope and glory. This indeed should be the world's anthem.

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