Oklahoma and Other Poems by Freeman E. (Freeman Edwin) Miller
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Songs are singing with thy maidens,
Music echoes with thy wives, Rapture slays the grief that ladens All the gladness of their lives. Happiness is with thy husbands, And thy swains are blest with joy, While the fondest rapture rises In the hearts of girl and boy. Pleasures linger in thy woodlands, Gladness on thy prairies roams; Oklahoma! Oklahoma! Sweetest are thy happy homes! Oklahoma! Oklahoma! Thou shall ever live in song; Freedom, near to nature, raises Temples that to thee belong; Minstrels shall in merry praises Wind their music o'er thy name Till the voices of the ages Shout for thee in wild acclaim; They shall sing with tender pleasure Beauty of thy daughters true; Sing, in high, exultant measure, Deeds thy sons in battle do. Sages shall in wisdom offer Full rewards of love to thee, And shall crown thy land and people Favorites of liberty. All thy glory shall be shining |
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