<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=351422" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The land that shall be (dedicated to herman anker and m. anker on the</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ocaasion of their silver-wedding, September 15, 1888)</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Land that shall be<br>Thither, when thwarted our longings, we sail,-<br>Sighs to the clouds, that we breathe when we fail,<br>Form a mirage of rich valley and mead<br>Over our need,-<br>Visions revealing the future until<br>Faith shall fulfil,-<br>The land that shall be.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Land that shall be!<br>All of our labor to sow seeds of gain<br>Grows in the ages when <br>our<br>names shall wane,<br>Gathered with others', 't is stored in the true<br>Will to renew.<br>This then shall carry our labor within,<br>Safely within<br>The land that shall be.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Land that shall be!<br>Tears that are shed over evil's foul blight,<br>Blood-sweat in conflict to win higher right,<br>Hallow the will unto victory's cost.<br>Let us be lost,<br>Rooting out wrong, that the good we may sow,<br>Soon overgrow<br>The land that shall be.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Land that shall be!<br>Looming in beauty of colors and song,<br>Golden in sunlight that glad makes and strong,<br>Present in children's eyes, looking to-day<br>Down when you pray.<br>Winning good victories gives us the power<br>To own a brief hour<br>The land that shall be.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Bj%C3%B8rnstjerne+Bj%C3%B8rnson">Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson</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=351422" data-title="The land that shall be (dedicated to herman anker and m. anker on the de Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson" data-description="Ocaasion of their silver-wedding, September 15, 1888) Land that shall be Thither, when thwarted our longings, we sail,- Sighs to the clouds, that we breathe when we fail, Form a mirage of rich valley and mead Over our need,- Visions revealing the..."></div> </div> </div>

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