Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A SONG OF OUR FLAG, by WILBUR DICK NESBIT


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First Line: Your flag and my flag
Last Line: The red and white and blue.
Subject(s): Flags - United States; American Flag


Your flag and my flag,
And how it flies today,
In your land and my land,
And half a world away!

Rose-red and blood-red,
The stripes forever gleam;
Snow-white and soul-white—
The good forefather's dream;
Sky-blue and true-blue,
With stars to gleam aright—
The gloried guidon of the day;
A shelter through the night.

Your flag and my flag!
To every star and stripe
The drums beat as hearts beat
And fifers shrilly pipe!
Your flag and my flag—
A blessing in the sky;
Your hope and my hope—
It never hid a lie!
Home land and far land
And half the world around,
Old Glory hears our glad salute
And ripples to the sound.

Your flag and my flag!
And, Oh! how much it holds—
Your land and my land—
Secure within its folds!
Your heart and my heart
Beat quicker at the sight.
Sun-kissed and wind-tossed—
Red and blue and white.
The one flag—the great flag—
The flag for me and you
Glorified all else beside,
The red and white and blue.





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