Isle of Beauty, Isle of Splendour

Isle of Beauty, Isle of Splendour
Himno de	Dominica
Letra	Wilfred Oscar Morgan Pond
Música	Lemuel McPherson Christian
Adoptado	1978
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"Isle of Beauty, Isle of Splendour" é o título popular para o himno nacional de Dominica. Foi adoptado pola illa logo de gañar o status de estado en 1967 e de novo cando Dominica acadou a independencia en 1978. A letra é obra de Wilfred Oscar Morgan Pond (1912–1985) e a música foi composta por Lemuel McPherson Christian OBE (1917–2000).

Letra oficial

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 reverent 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."