Date: 2005-04-24 03:07 am (UTC)
zeborah: Map of New Zealand with a zebra salient (0)
From: [personal profile] zeborah
Actually, O CANADA IS kind of a nervous sounding anthem, very worried about keeping the place safe. The recurring theme is that we're standing on guard. Fear us, world! We are alert and relatively motionless!

OTOH, compare _God Defend New Zealand_. "Hear our voices, we entreat!" "Guard Pacific's triple star..." "Asking thee to bless this place" etc. At least Canada is standing on guard itself; New Zealand is just hoping God will do it for us.

(I still love our anthem, though, because it's ours. And the tune's pretty, if you sing it at a decent speed.)
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