Hey there,
I'm having major difficulties finding a complete copy of "The Coming American" by Sam Walter Foss online...
I keep finding the same few lines of it, but not the whole thing.

Fanks,

~{LoMinang}~ "We ought not to disregard the salivary reflex, but neither should be become obsessed with it." ~Emmanual Mounier

is this the entire poem?:

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The Coming American
By Samuel Walter Foss

Bring me men to match my mountains,
Bring me men to match my plains;
Men to chart a starry empire,
Men to make celestial claims.
Bring me men to match my prairies,
Men to match my inland seas;
Men to sail beyond my oceans,
Reaching for the galaxies.
These are men to build a nation,
Join the mountains to the sky;
Men of faith and inspiration,
Bring me men, bring me men, bring me men!
Bring me men to match my forests,
Bring me men to match my shore;
Men to guard the mighty ramparts,
Men to stand at freedom's door.
Bring me men to match my mountains,
Men to match their majesty;
Men to climb beyond their summits,
Searching for their destiny.
These are men to build a nation,
Join the mountains to the sky,
Men of faith and inspiration,
Bring me men, bring me men, bring me men!

I can't imagine Foss rhyming plains with claims, but I don't see the poem in my (only) collection of SWF, so I can't be sure.

Well, it sounds a whole lot like it, but it's missing the few lines that /are/ quoted everywhere so, I'm guessing it's not.

Thanks anyways, I'll keep looking,

~{LoMinang}~ "We ought not to disregard the salivary reflex, but neither should be become obsessed with it." ~Emmanual Mounier