The Children's Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDE FFGH IJKL MMJJ NNOO PPQQ JJAA| Land of our Birth we pledge to thee | A |
| Our love and toil in the years to be | A |
| When we are grown and take our place | B |
| As men and women with our race | B |
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| Father in Heaven who lovest all | C |
| Oh help Thy children when they call | C |
| That they may build from age to age | D |
| An undefiled heritage | E |
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| Teach us to bear the yoke in youth | F |
| With steadfastness and careful truth | F |
| That in our time Thy Grace may give | G |
| The Truth whereby the Nations live | H |
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| Teach us to rule ourselves alway | I |
| Controlled and cleanly night and day | J |
| That we may bring if need arise | K |
| No maimed or worthless sacrifice | L |
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| Teach us to look in all our ends | M |
| On Thee for judge and not our friends | M |
| That we with Thee may walk uncowed | J |
| By fear or favour of the crowd | J |
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| Teach us the Strength that cannot seek | N |
| By deed or thought to hurt the weak | N |
| That under Thee we may possess | O |
| Man's strength to comfort man's distress | O |
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| Teach us Delight in simple things | P |
| And Mirth that has no bitter springs | P |
| Forgiveness free of evil done | Q |
| And Love to all men 'neath the sun | Q |
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| Land of our Birth our faith our pride | J |
| For whose dear sake our fathers died | J |
| Oh Motherland we pledge to thee | A |
| Head heart and hand through the years to be | A |
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