<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=117897" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Hymn</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">O God of earth and altar,<br> Bow down and hear our cry,<br>Our earthly rulers falter,<br> Our people drift and die;<br>The walls of gold entomb us,<br> The swords of scorn divide,<br>Take not thy thunder from us,<br> But take away our pride.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">From all that terror teaches,<br> From lies of tongue and pen,<br>From all the easy speeches<br> That comfort cruel men,<br>From sale and profanation<br> Of honour and the sword,<br>From sleep and from damnation,<br> Deliver us, good Lord.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Tie in a living tether<br> The prince and priest and thrall,<br>Bind all our lives together,<br> Smite us and save us all;<br>In ire and exultation<br> Aflame with faith, and free,<br>Lift up a living nation,<br> A single sword to thee.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=G.K.+Chesterton">G.K. Chesterton</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=117897" data-title="A Hymn de G.K. Chesterton" data-description="O God of earth and altar,/ Bow down and hear our cry,/Our earthly rulers falter,/ Our people drift and die;/The walls of gold entomb us,/ The swords of scorn divide,/Take not thy thunder from us,/ But take away our pride./From all that terror teac..."></div> </div> </div>

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