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THE LEADER by ANNETTE WYNNE

First Line: DOWN THE HOLLOW, UP THE HILL
Last Line: WHERE THE FLAG GOES—THERE GO I!
Subject(s): FLAGS - UNITED STATES; FREEDOM; PATRIOTISM; SUMMER; AMERICAN FLAG; LIBERTY;

DOWN the hollow, up the hill,
Where the wind is never still,
Riding on the white-tipped foam,
Climbing to the eagle's home,
On the earth or in the sky,
Where the flag goes—there go I!

Where the blow is struck for right,
In the mist or dark or light,
Where the prisoned would be free,
Where men die for liberty;
Down the hollow, through the mead,
There I follow where you lead
In the earth or in the sky
Where the flag goes—there go I!



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