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Dream they of Canada crowned and golden,
 * Flushed with her Autumn diadem?

In years to come when time is olden,
 * Canada's dream shall be of them—

Shall be of them who gave for others
 * The ardour of their radiant years;—

Your name in Canada's heart, my brothers,
 * Shall be remembered long with tears!

We give you vision back for vision,
 * Forgetting not the price you paid,

O bearers of the world's decision,
 * On whom the nations' debt was laid.

No heart can view these highways glowing
 * With gold transmuted from the clod,

But crowns your glorious manhood, knowing
 * You gave us back our faith in God.