Past, Present, Future Program

HYMN AND SCHOOL SONG

One World Hymn

Vitai Lampada Tradens School Song

Snow falls upon a hill, Springtime will erase the chill, All things begin to grow, Fall comes and there soon is snow.

Long since in Hellas’ golden days, When all the world was young, The Torch Race earned the meed of praise, By noblest poets sung. Each runner in that lordly game Strove only for the whole; From hand to hand the living flame Flashed onward to the goal. And she who bore it first, and she Who last with eager pace Fought forward, shared the victory, Twin conquerors in the race. Still through the world’s uncertain dark That splendid race is run, And we must bear the sacred spark Until the course be done. Must bear the Torch, nor faint nor slack, Then yield to waiting hands Our trust, to light the uncharted track, The yet untrodden lands. So comrades through the long slow night Shall bear the mystic fire, Till ’neath the breaking dawn shines bright The goal of our desire. Keep us, Great Captain, who hast willed Our portion in the strife, Till we pass on, our task fulfilled, Undimmed the Torch of Life.

Through all the wonders of space there is only one place we can all live in harmony. See all around how Earth can abound with life so amazing and free. We have one world, one place that we call home. And it’s the only world we have to call our own. So let’s begin, taking care of the world that we all share and let it thrive, let it shine. Through all the wonders of space there is only one place we can all live in harmony. See all around how Earth can abound with life so amazing and free. We have one world, one place that we call home. And it’s the only world we have to call our own. So let’s begin, taking care of the world that we all share and let it thrive, Let it shine, let it grow.

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