The Star-Spangled Banner
Author: Francis Scott Key
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1. O say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light,n 11. Oh say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
2What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming? 2What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming,
3Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight, 3Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
4O’er the ramparts we watche’d, were so gallantly streaming? 4O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
5And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air, 5And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
6Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. 6Gave proof thru the night that our flag was still there.
7O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave 7Oh say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
8O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave? 8O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
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102. On the shore, dimly seen thru the mists of the deep, 102. On the shore, dimly seen thru the mists of the deep,
n 11Where the foes haughty host in dread silence reposes, n 11Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes,
12What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep, 12What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep,
13As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? 13As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
14Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam, 14Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam,
15In full glory reflected now shines on the stream; 15In full glory reflected now shines on the stream;
n 16’Tis the star-spangled banner, O long may it wave n 16’Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh, long may it wave
17O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave! 17O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
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n 193. O thus be it ever when freemen shall stand n 193. Oh, thus be it ever, when free men shall stand
20Between their loved homes and the war’s desolation! 20Between their loved homes and the war’s desolation!
21Blest with vict’ry and peace, may the heav’n-rescued land 21Blest with vict’ry and peace, may the heav’n-rescued land
22Praise the Pow’r that hath made and preserved us a nation! 22Praise the Pow’r that hath made and preserved us a nation!
23Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, 23Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
t 24And this be our motto; “In God is our trust!” t 24And this be our motto: “In God is our trust!”
25And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave 25And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
26O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave! 26O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
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