Out of revolution,
the grip of monarch’s rule.
Driven by freedom.
Necessity.
Founded on values
from God’s holy book,
the glue that binds,
in trust,
its varied masses.
Through fire of war,
without,
within,
was forged in strength
a strong republic.
And though the vision dims
in her prosperity,
she rises to the challenge
when tyrants seek
to quell her voice.
Blessed by God,
we must hold those
values close
that bound
our loose knit colonies
in their infancy.
Dennis Price