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O thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation.

— Francis Scott Key The Star-Spangled Banner (1814)

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O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave,
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

The Star-Spangled Banner (1814)

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Oh! say, does that star spangled banner yet wave,
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

'Tis the star-spangled banner, O! long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

The Star-Spangled Banner (1814)

If we believe in the existence of a great moral and political evil amongst us, and that duty, honour, and interest, call upon us to prepare the way for its removal, we must act.

Yet yield not to despair! be born again,
And thou shalt live a life of joy and peace,
Shall die a death of triumph, and thy strain
Be changed to notes of rapture ne'er to cease.

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