The Mines.
To make the belt of the Union strong,
To uphold the right, to redress the wrong?
Speak, lips that boast of a patriot right!
Act, arms that thrill with a patriot might!
Open the vaults where the gold dust shines,
Give us the key of the silver mines!
To uphold the right, to redress the wrong?
Speak, lips that boast of a patriot right!
Act, arms that thrill with a patriot might!
Open the vaults where the gold dust shines,
Give us the key of the silver mines!
Wealth, wealth, wherever a thought can go,
From Arizona to Idaho;
Where the silver feet of Nevada light
A pathway under the sod;
Where the finger white of the Wasatch height
Points to the throne of God;
Where the young Montana, lifting up
The wine of life in a golden cup,
Pledges the queen of the sunset sea
Who crushed the grapes for the revelry;
Where California, the Ocean bride,
Wears crimson roses with brilliants tied;
Where the wild sage stems of the desert die
In the cold, white marshes of alkali,
There are nerves and pulses that trembling start
To quicken the throb of the Nation's heart.
Oh! speak to them, Eloquence! softly speak
Of the faded lip and the withered cheek;
From Arizona to Idaho;
Where the silver feet of Nevada light
A pathway under the sod;
Where the finger white of the Wasatch height
Points to the throne of God;
Where the young Montana, lifting up
The wine of life in a golden cup,
Pledges the queen of the sunset sea
Who crushed the grapes for the revelry;
Where California, the Ocean bride,
Wears crimson roses with brilliants tied;
Where the wild sage stems of the desert die
In the cold, white marshes of alkali,
There are nerves and pulses that trembling start
To quicken the throb of the Nation's heart.
Oh! speak to them, Eloquence! softly speak
Of the faded lip and the withered cheek;
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