Let the sun of Morning kiss it, let the Evening sunset glow With a warmth of love and gild it ere it sets in depths below, Let the winds caress and fold it, let the stars in glory shine On the emblem of Our Country, loved as your flag, loved as mine. Let the voices of our children sing the music of its soul, Chant its chorus O, ye people, till the mountain echoes roll, Sing and shout its hymn of Freedom, fling its spirit to the breeze Till the notes are caught and answered in the hearts across the seas. Let no thought or deed unworthy smirch its stripes of purest white, Let no stain of craven silence rob its red of lustre bright, Let no shame bedim the star-shine on its field of heavenly blue, For it's @3OUR FLAG@1, friend, it's @3OUR FLAG; I'm@1 proud of it;—are @3YOU?@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHILD OF MY HEART by EDWIN MARKHAM TOWARD THE GULF; DEDICATED TO THEODORE ROOSEVELT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS PRELUDE; FOR GEOFFREY GORER by EDITH SITWELL THE BURIED LADY by PAUL VALERY THE WOUNDED CUPID. SONG by ANACREON |