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The current lyrics of the "God Bless Our Homeland Ghana" national anthem that has been in use since the 1970s were written by Michael Kwame Gbordzoe while a student within the framework of a national competition, [5] and is accompanied by Ghana's national pledge. Thus, the official current lyrics of "God Bless Our Homeland Ghana" are as follows ...
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, the composer of the French national anthem "La Marseillaise", sings it for the first time. The anthem is one of the earliest to be adopted by a modern state, in 1795. Most nation states have an anthem, defined as "a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism"; most anthems are either marches or hymns in style. A song or hymn can become a national anthem under ...
The National Pledge of Ghana is recited immediately after the national anthem "God Bless Our Homeland Ghana" and is as follows: [1] I promise on my honour to be faithful and loyal to Ghana my motherland. I pledge myself to the service of Ghana with all my strength and with all my heart. I promise to hold in high esteem.
God hold and protect God hold and protect, Our Fatherland and the Emperor, As the shadow of the Holy Justice, May he reign wisely, His ancestoral crown, we shall defend from the enemies, To the Habsburg's Great Thrones, The fate of our country shall be united! For justice and needs, we shall have a good and clean sense,
Milne was established as a successful novelist and playwright when, in late 1922, he wrote the poem for his wife Daphne. He had caught a glimpse of his two-year-old son, Christopher Robin Milne, kneeling by his cot, being taught by his nanny to pray "God bless Mummy, Daddy and Nanny and make me a good boy". He was touched by his child looking ...
Behold, the history and fun facts behind everyone's favorite festive poem, along with all of the words to read aloud to your family this Christmas. Related: 50 Best 'Nightmare Before Christmas' Quotes
Linley eventually settled in London, where he wrote and composed several hundred songs between 1830 and 1865. Among his most fashionable and popular ballads, composed between 1830 and 1847, were Thou art gone from my gaze, Song of the roving gipsey, Constance; and later, between 1852 and 1862, with a stronger vein of melody, Minnie, Old friends at home, and the Robert Burns poem, The Jolly ...
Editor’s Note: For his second inauguration, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear asked state Poet Laureate Silas House to write a poem. House wrote “Those Who Carry Us” and read it at the inauguration ...