THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
BY FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming; Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly stream-ing?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there; Oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave 0 'er the land of the free and the home of the brave ?
On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze o 'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses ?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam;
Its full glory, reflected, now shines on the stream;
'Tis the star-spangled banner, oh, long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
And where is the band who so vauntingly swore, 'Mid the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country they'd leave us no more?
Their blood hath washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave; And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave 0 'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between our loved home and the war's desolation; Blessed with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land Praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just, And this be our motto, "IN GOD IS OUR TRUST''; And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
BY FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming; Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly stream-ing?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there; Oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave 0 'er the land of the free and the home of the brave ?
On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze o 'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses ?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam;
Its full glory, reflected, now shines on the stream;
'Tis the star-spangled banner, oh, long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
And where is the band who so vauntingly swore, 'Mid the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country they'd leave us no more?
Their blood hath washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave; And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave 0 'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between our loved home and the war's desolation; Blessed with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land Praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just, And this be our motto, "IN GOD IS OUR TRUST''; And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
posted by Geoff at 3:29 AM
1 Comments:
Only One Grand Canyon. The ancient world had its seven wonders, but they
were all the work of man. The modern world of the United States has easily
its seven wonders--Niagara, the Yellowstone, Yosemite, the Natural Bridge,
the Mammoth Cave, the Petrified Forest and the Grand Canyon of Arizona--but
they are all the work of God. It is hard, in studying the seven wonders of
the ancients, to decide which is the most wonderful, but now that the
Canyon is known all men unite in affirming that the greatest of all
wonders, ancient or modern, is the Grand Canyon of Arizona. Some men say
there are several Grand Canyons, but to the one who knows there is but one
Grand Canyon. The use of the word to name any lesser gorge is a sacrilege
as well as a misnomer.
The Grand Canyon
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