Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OUR FLAG, by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR First Line: Of old it was our heritage, the red and white and blue Last Line: Of old it was our heritage -- to-day it is our child. Subject(s): Flags - United States; Patriotism; American Flag | ||||||||
Of old it was our heritage, the red and white and blue. Our grandsires died to raise it and our sires to keep it true. We prayed we might be worthy of their memory as we cast In starry beauty to the wind the banner of our past. But now -- O God, we name to Thee our living and our dead, Bone of our bone the white has grown, flesh of our flesh the red. Our substance and our souls we pledge to keep it undefiled. Of old it was our heritage -- to-day it is our child. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FLAG GOES BY by HENRY HOLCOMB BENNETT THE AMERICAN FLAG by JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE THE CALL TO THE COLORS by ARTHUR GUITERMAN BETSY'S BATTLE FLAG by MINNA IRVING THE BONNIE BLUE FLAG by ANNIE CHAMBERS KETCHUM THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER by FRANCIS SCOTT KEY THE CONQUERED BANNER by ABRAM JOSEPH RYAN FANCIES AT NAVESINK: 6 by WALT WHITMAN A LYNMOUTH WIDOW by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR |
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