Totus tuus ego sum, et omnia mea tua sunt.




Tuesday, August 31, 2010

That other country

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And there's another country, I've heard of long ago

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Most dear to them that love her, most great to them that know

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We may not count her armies, we may not see her King

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Her fortress is a faithful heart

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her pride is suffering

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And soul by soul and silently her shining bounds increase

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And her ways are ways of gentleness, and all her paths are peace.


I don't really identify with the first verse of I Vow To Thee My Country (as applied to my homeland), but I love the second verse. It is to this other country that I feel the greatest attachment.

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