Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OUR NATIONAL BANNER, by DEXTER SMITH First Line: O'er the high and o'er the lowly Last Line: Wave it, save it, evermore. | ||||||||
O'ER the high and o'er the lowly Floats that banner bright and holy In the rays of Freedom's sun, In the nation's heart embedded, O'er our Union newly wedded, One in all, and all in one. Let that banner wave forever, May its lustrous stars fade never, Till the stars shall pale on high; While there's right the wrong defeating, While there's hope in true hearts beating, Truth and freedom shall not die. As it floated long before us, Be it ever floating o'er us, O'er our land from shore to shore: There are freemen yet to wave it, Millions who would die to save it, Wave it, save it, evermore. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE QUARREL by KATHERINE MANSFIELD THE HEATHEN PASS-EE by ARTHUR CLEMENT HILTON I, TOO by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES THE MENAGERIE by WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY THE LAMENTATION OF GLUMDALCLITCH FOR THE LOSS OF GRILDRIG by ALEXANDER POPE ARCADIA: SESTINA by PHILIP SIDNEY FAREWELL OF A VIRGINIA SLAVE MOTHER TO HER DAUGHTERS SOLD INTO BONDAGE by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER |
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