This is my song, O God of all the nations,
A song of peace, for lands afar & mine.
This is my home, the country where my heart is;
Hear are my hopes, my dreams, my holy shrine. But other hearts in other lands are beating With hopes and dreams as true and high as mine.
My country’s skies are bluer than the ocean And sunlight beams on clover leaf and pine, But other lands have sunlight too, and clover And skies are everywhere as blue as mine. O hear my song, thou God of all the nations A song of peace for their land and for mine.
-“Finlandia”, composed by Jean Sibelius, lyrics by Veiko Antero Koskenniemi
A Word, Please. . . 
Happy Fourth to All Jacobs.
Wish I could go on as a poem but…
Misty, did you write that poem?
Liked it very much.
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Those are the lyrics to Finlandia. Happy 4th!
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Love this!
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Beautiful!! Thanks, Misty!
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Lovely. I’ve always struggled with putting my patriotism higher than other peoples of the world. What an eloquent piece.
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I LOVE THE SONG, WE SING IT IN CHURCH. AMEN TO PEACE FOR ALL NOT JUST THE USA!
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