Isle of Beauty, Isle of Splendour
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Isle of Beauty, Isle of Splendour is the national anthem of the Commonwealth of Dominica. It was adopted upon gaining statehood in 1967. The lyrics are by Wilfred Oscar Morgan Pond and the music is composed by Lemuel McPherson Christian.
[edit] Official lyrics
- Isle of beauty, isle of splendour,
- Isle to all so sweet and fair,
- All must surely gaze in wonder
- At thy gifts so rich and rare.
- Rivers, valleys, hills and mountains,
- All these gifts we do extol.
- Healthy land, so like all fountains,
- Giving cheer that warms the soul.
- Dominica, God hath blest thee
- With a clime benign and bright,
- Pastures green and flowers of beauty
- Filling all with pure delight,
- And a people strong and healthy,
- Full of godly, rev'rent fear.
- May we ever seek to praise Thee
- For these gifts so rich and rare.
- Come ye forward, sons and daughters
- Of this gem beyond compare.
- Strive for honour, sons and daughters,
- Do the right, be firm, be fair.
- Toil with hearts and hands and voices.
- We must prosper! Sound the call,
- In which ev'ryone rejoices,
- "All for Each and Each for All."
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Official national anthems of independent and dependent nations and overseas territories: Anguilla (UK) · Antigua and Barbuda · Aruba (Netherlands) · Bahamas · Barbados · Belize · Bermuda (UK) · British Virgin Islands (UK) · Canada · Costa Rica · Cuba · Dominica · Dominican Republic · El Salvador · Greenland (Denmark) · Grenada · Guatemala · Haiti · Honduras · Jamaica · Mexico · Montserrat (UK) · Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) · Nicaragua · Panama · Puerto Rico (USA) · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Trinidad and Tobago · United States · U.S. Virgin Islands (USA)
