The Poetical Works of Jonathan E. Hoag/To the American Flag
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Songs of War and Country
To the American Flag
Starry folds, whose matchless splendor
Long hath blessed our grateful eyes;
Gleaming with a light more tender
Than your rivals in the skies;
Wave as always, in a glory
None may tarnish or excel;
Keep upon our lips the story
That our fathers loved to tell!
Long hath blessed our grateful eyes;
Gleaming with a light more tender
Than your rivals in the skies;
Wave as always, in a glory
None may tarnish or excel;
Keep upon our lips the story
That our fathers loved to tell!
May your grandeur be unceasing,
Proud reminder of the past;
As in noble rank increasing,
Each new ray outshines the last.
Yesterday for one young nation
You in valor were unfurled;
But today your constellation
Beams aloft for all the world!
Proud reminder of the past;
As in noble rank increasing,
Each new ray outshines the last.
Yesterday for one young nation
You in valor were unfurled;
But today your constellation
Beams aloft for all the world!
1918