Douglas Ace Poet Rhyme

-they'Ve Lifted the Name-

(THE SIMILITUDE OF A PRAYER)

O GOD OF OUR FATHERS IN AGES PAST,
OUR STRENGTH IN TIMES TO BE.
YOUR BLESSINGS ON THIS NATION CAN'T LAST
IF FROM YOU IT CHOOSES TO BE FREE.

I'M BLESSED IN KNOWING THAT MANY REMAIN,
TO YOU ALONE HAVE THEY BOWED THE KNEE.
FROM OUR FOUNDING 'TILL NOW THEY'VE LIFTED THE NAME,
THAT NAME WHICH CAN SET MEN'S HEARTS FREE.

LORD, FORCES YET WORK TO SUBDUE THE TRUTH
THAT OUR NATION WAS FOUNDED IN YOU.
EVEN NOW THEY SEEK TO DESTROY THE PROOF 
THAT OUR FOREFATHERS CHERISED YOUR VIEWS.

UNDENIABLE THE PROOF OF WHAT THEY BELIEVED:
THAT WE BE NOT GOVERNED APART FROM GOD.
THIS LAND THE REWARD THESE PATRIOTS RECEIVED,
TO DENY OUR HERITAGE SEEMS RATHER ODD !

Douglas L. Ace

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