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Venezuela: Land of Grace

Venezuela: Land of Grace

At the threshold of your history
Christopher Columbus exclaimed
Land of grace
Land of paradise
Infinite land

Like gold being refined
Amid the tyrannical tribulation
Your nobility exalts you

And the grace of your character
Raises you up to the battle

It does not matter that this tyrant
Treat you with mortal hand
From the empyrean the Supreme God
Gives you the strength to fight
Let the vile oppressor
Tremble with dread

Among the nations you are not orphaned
You are not the despised
But the land of grace
The most prized
Of Latin American lands

Let pride run though
your native veins

Don\'t let infamous despotism
take your life away

       Glory to the brave people!