"Evil will triumph if good men...and women do nothing."


my adaptation of a quote by Edmund Burke.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Fourth Verse of Star Spangled Banner

The 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 watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air
Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, 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 in 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 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 washed out their foul footstep's 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.

Oh, thus be it ever when free men shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation!
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heaven rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when 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!





Semper Fi Marine Corps. Thank you to all our US Military...Veterans and those now serving!

In God I do put my trust!

4 comments:

  1. Saw that on the news-very powerful! thanks for the link!

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  2. Thanks Kristina! Too many forget what this country was founded on, thanks for posting this.

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  3. Brought tears to my eyes....he was amazing and so moving.

    From Your Neighbour, a Canadian, Linda Craig

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  4. Kristina that is Awesome! Thanks for sharing! Our country is in trouble due to the fact that this type of info is no longer taught!

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