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OKLAHOMA.
Oklahoma! Oklahoma!
Land, O, land of the Fair God,
Land where ancient, savage races
Through barbarian ages trod!
Through thy story fancy traces
Facts above what fictions say,
Where the world with haste advances,—
Born are nations in a day!
Where the wigwam stood so lonely,
Lordly cities rise in might;
Where spread desert wildness only,
Fertile farms and homes delight.
Thou hast summoned to thy bosom
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"What Think Ye, Masters, of These Things?"
(A Poem read on Oklahoma Day, September 6, 1904, at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.)
O, ye who frame the sovereign law,And heal the hurts of ocean islesTill hid are savage tooth and clawAnd Peace above the battle smiles,—If Justice reigns and Mercy clings,What think ye, Masters, of these things?
The Father of the Waters greetsImperial sisters proud and great,And nation mighty nation meetsAt... more...