Alaska + 

With thy rugged, ice-girt shore, + 

Draped in everlasting snow, + 

Thou’rt enthroned a queen. + 

Crown of moss and lichen grey, + 

Frosted o’er with ocean spray, + 

All thy long, long wintry day, + 

Dark and stern thy mien. + 

From the cloudland fresh and fair, + 

Falls the snow through crispy air, + 

Mantling vale and hill. + 

Then old “Borealis” glows, + 

With his fiery light that shows, + 

Frozen nature in repose, + 

River, stream and rill. + 

On thy north the Polar Sea + 

Thunders forth in wild melee, + 

’Mid gorges dark and steep + 

Full many a ship with noble crew, + 

Lies low beneath thy waters blue, + 

Nor left behind a single clue, + 

But sleep a dreamless sleep. + 

Beside the far famed Yukon stands + 

Hundreds of men from distant lands, + 

All with the same desire + 

Gold, gold’s the watchword, yellow ore, + 

That tempts him from his homestead door, + 

And Oh! alas he nevermore + 

May sit by household fire. + 

Ah! if men would only toil, + 

Dig and delve their own rich soil, + 

With vigor and with vim; + 

Forth would spring the golden corn, + 

Loud would ring the harvest song, + 

Life and health they would prolong, + 

All through nature’s prime. + 

Under his own, his fruitful vine, + 

Beneath his laden fig tree green, + 

He, like a king, would reign. + 

Bending low with purple yield, + 

Rivalling fair Eschkol’s fields, + 

He’d a potent influence wield, + 

With his corn and wine. + 