ODE TO NEWFOUNDLAND,
When sunrays crown thy pine clad hills,
When spreads thy cloak of shimm'ring white,
When blinding storm gusts fret thy shore,
As loved our fathers, so we love,
Strand: beach, shore, coast
official provincial anthem of Newfoundland and Labrador
And Summer spreads her hand.
When silvern voices tune thy rills
We love thee smiling land,
We love thee, we love thee,
We love thee, smiling land.
At Winter's stern command,
Thro' shortened day and starlit night,
We love thee, frozen land,
We love thee, we love thee,
We love thee, frozen land.
And wild waves lash thy strand,
Thro' sprindrift swirl and tempest roar,
We love thee wind-swept land,
We love thee, we love thee,
We love thee, wind-swept land.
Where once they stood we stand,
Their prayer we raise to heav'n above,
God guard thee, Newfoundland
God guard thee, God guard thee,
God guard thee, Newfoundland.
Spindrift: wind-driven foam from breaking ocean waves
Ode to Newfoundland was written by Governor Sir Cavendish Boyle, 1902, music by Sir Herbert Parry