I.

Our small estate, left anxious long,
Rounds up a Nation, wide and strong,
And bursts to bloom in fairy bond,
Like lilies in our lotos pond.

II.

No more we fear the fragile fates
That do attend on budding States;
Tied in the great Republic's sheaf
And guarded by our mighty chief.

III.

Let larger States think subtle things!
We bide beneath the sheltering wings
That in the long war kept us free;
And our extension is the Sea.

IV.

Our equal rights secure we wield,
The Constitution aye our shield;
The Revolution's march undone
Until we march in Union.

V.

Dear country! hold in love and rest
The prophecy that waits the West,
Where sunlight makes its longest stay,
And ends the drama with the Day!

VI.

Like to our robin, bold and shy,
We leap, the first to ratify;
And raise to light the redbreast note,
With dew and worship in our throat!