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My apologies but I have a proclivity of taking liberties somewhat liberally with other people’s work so I did a little mash-up...

Thirty five years on from the birth of our nation

A Patriot wrote deep thoughts, not mindless prattle.

Dreams of his country were his overall theme,

Reading him now prove his thoughts were not addled.

“In rapture forever — Hail land of my birth!

The far happiest portion of this lovely earth;

A grace and a majesty marks every feature

And stamps Thee the fav’rite and darling of nature.”

Two hundred years later some short cogitation

Proves how fresh and still true is the author’s narration.

While the world has changed much, the sentiment stands

The beacon of Freedom shines through the land.

“Today despots rule ‘cross the face of the planet,

Sworn enemies of the Land of the Free

Yet their iron fists shall ne’er mar thy fair face,

Our heroes will never endure such disgrace;

Those heroes who once chas’d thy foes to the main,

Will combat and conquer again and again.”

“Thy statesmen mayhap, like the rest of mankind,

May now and then prove to thy interest blind;

But the mass of thy children are fill’d with a spirit

That will always secure the fair soil they inherit.”

Not just for our own soul I’m so proud to say,

But I can’t say it better than a former foe.

A Gulf War ally, but back in the day,

A loyal Communist till Albania said “No !”

“The United States of America has been willing to pay,

The price (of it’s dead) in order to free the oppressed,

Even in states that have sought its harm.”

Britian, Germany, Japan and others,

After many decades have turned from enemies to brothers.

The words of a long dead Patriot stand side by side

With our Constitution, law of the land.

Light undimmed by the century, United we stand !