Obligatory 4th of July Post

[omorka]

This is my prayer, o gods of all the nations,
A song of peace for lands afar and mine;
This is my home, this 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.
Oh, hear my song, o gods of all the nations,
A prayer for peace, for their lands and for mine.

- Lloyd Stone (with two minor changes of mine)