<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=400507" 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=Gilbert+Keith+Chesterton">Gilbert Keith 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=400507" data-title="A Hymn de Gilbert Keith 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..."></div> </div> </div>

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