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Star
Spangled Banner
Oh,
say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What
so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose
broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,
O'er
the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?
And
the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave
proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.
O
say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er
the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On
the shore dimly seen thro' 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,
In
full glory reflected, now shines on the stream:
'T
is the star-spangled banner: O, long may it wave
O'er
the land of the free and the home of the brave!
And
where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That
the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A
home and a country should leave us no more?
Their
blood has wash'd 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
O'er
the land of the free and the home of the brave.
O,
thus be it ever when freemen shall stand,
Between
their lov'd homes and the war's desolation;
Blest
with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise
the Pow'r that hath made and preserv'd us as a nation!
Then
conquer we must, when our cause 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!
Song
playing is "Star Spangled Banner - WTC Tribute"
Performed by Faith Hill.
Written
by Francis Scott Key.
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