We Are Bound

Eastern sun, Southern fire
Western rain, Northern star:
Circled within
Kith unto kin
We are bound
Walk we now through this glade
As our ancestor made
Here lies revealed
Our truths concealed:
We are bound
Sea and stone
Salt and loam
Hearth and home
In us resounding
Oh, pressed are we
To be slaves unto men
Oh, yet we be
Blessed beyond mortal ken
Oh, to be freed
And reborn once again--
We are bound
To your tasks lay your hands
Though we tread foreign lands
Still we may part:
Heart unto heart
We are bound
Sea and stone
Salt and loam
Hearth and home
In us resounding
Oh, severed still from the land we adored
Oh, of one wil, of one love of the Lord
By the cup, by the cross, by the sword
We are bound
Sea and stone
Salt and loam
Hearth and home
In us resounding