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A CREED by EDGAR ALBERT GUEST

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First Line: LORD, LET ME NOT IN SERVICE LAG
Last Line: THE STARRY FLAG WHICH FLIES ABOVE.
Subject(s): FLAGS - UNITED STATES; FOURTH OF JULY; AMERICAN FLAG; INDEPENDENCE DAY;
LORD, let me not in service lag,
Let me be worthy of our flag;
Let me remember, when I'm tried,
The sons heroic who have died
In freedom's name, and in my way
Teach me to be as brave as they.

In all I am, in all I do,
Unto our flag I would be true;
For God and country let me stand.
Unstained of soul and clean of hand,
Teach me to serve and guard and love
The Starry Flag which flies above.



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