< Poems of Optimism

A toast to the splendid daughters
Of the New World over the waters,
  A world that is great as new;
Daughters of brave old races,
Daughters of heights and spaces,
Broad seas and broad earth places -
  Hail to your land and you!

The sun and the winds have fed you;
The width of your world has led you
  Out into the larger view;
Strong with a strength that is tender,
Bright with a primal splendour,
Homage and praise we render -
  Hail to your land and you!

Sisters and daughters and mothers,
Standing abreast with your brothers,
  Working for things that are true;
Thinking and doing and daring,
Giving, receiving, and sharing,
Earning the crowns you are wearing -
  Hail to your land and you!

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