Word: thees
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...therefore, of Canada's beneficial institutions that the first boy-speaker, Herbert Moran of Toronto, told. After he had finished, the band played "God Save the King," which a lot of the children mistook for "My Country 'Tis of Thee" because the tune was the same, and up stepped William Meades Newton of Liverpool, England, to tell about the benefits of the British Empire. Nearly every one recognized the next anthem without difficulty, "The Star Spangled Banner," which heralded the performance of the champion U. S. school orator, Herbert Wenig of Los Angeles. Herbert repeated the piece...
...youth and till our latest breath We'll trust and follow Thee...
Help us to honor Thee aright Until we see Thy Face...
...windy, has schooled his natural haste into precision. His eye is cool; his strokes are like insults uttered in a careful voice. But the man of legend is a Jack of a different silk. Bleak in person and in countenance, sprung of a thin and righteous line of thee-and-thouers, he has sharpened caution into vehemence: every bravery of his stride is his, every fine conceit of skill and insolence. For a while his thundering ways prevailed, and the crowd cheered; then the soft-spoken stranger won back his lost advantage and more too, so that he seemed...
...Canada, our home and native land, True patriot love in all thy sons command. With glowing hearts we see thee rise, The true north, strong and free, And stand on guard, O Canada, We stand on guard for thee. CHORUS O Canada, glorious and free, We stand on guard, we stand on guard for thee. O Canada, we stand on guard for thee. O Canada, where pines and maples grow, Great prairies spread and lordly rivers flow, How dear to us the broad domain, From east, to western sea. Thou land of hope for all who toil Thou true north...