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STANZAS
Americans! ye who delightIn the fame of these heroes of old,Beware how their precepts ye slight,—More precious than silver or gold.
Let freedom to worship your God,Let peace, by your fathers bequeathed,Your triumph at home and abroad,Round your star-spangled banner be wreathed!