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 Under spreading ensigns moving nigh, in slow
 But firm battalion.  
 Under spreading ensigns moving nigh, in slow
 But firm battalion. 
 Uncover when the flag goes by, boys,
 'Tis freedom's starry banner that you greet,
  Flag fames in read more 
 Uncover when the flag goes by, boys,
 'Tis freedom's starry banner that you greet,
  Flag fames in song and story
   Long may it wave, old glory
    The flag that has never known defeat. 
 A moth-eaten rag on a worm-eaten pole,
 It does not look likely to stir a man's soul.
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 A moth-eaten rag on a worm-eaten pole,
 It does not look likely to stir a man's soul.
  'Tis the deeds that were done 'neath the moth-eaten rag,
   When the pole was a staff, and the rag was a flag. 
 Nail to the mast her holy flag,
 Set every threadbare sail,
  And give her to the God read more 
 Nail to the mast her holy flag,
 Set every threadbare sail,
  And give her to the God of storms,
   The lightning and the gale. 
 Flag of the free heart's hope and home!
 By angel hands to valour given,
  Thy stars have read more 
 Flag of the free heart's hope and home!
 By angel hands to valour given,
  Thy stars have lit the welkin dome;
   And all thy hues were born in heaven. 
 England! Whence came each glowing hue
 That hints your flag of meteor light,--
  The streaming red, the read more 
 England! Whence came each glowing hue
 That hints your flag of meteor light,--
  The streaming red, the deeper blue,
   Crossed with the moonbeams' pearly white?
    The blood, the bruise--the blue, the red--
     Let Asia's groaning millions speak;
      The white it tells of colour fled
       From starving Erin's pallid cheek. 
 This is the song of the wind as it came,
 Tossing the flags of the Nations to flame.  
 This is the song of the wind as it came,
 Tossing the flags of the Nations to flame. 
 Hats off!
 Along the street there comes
  A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums,
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 Hats off!
 Along the street there comes
  A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums,
   A flash of color beneath the sky:
    Hats off!
     The flag is passing by. 
 The imperial ensign; which, full high advanced,
 Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind.  
 The imperial ensign; which, full high advanced,
 Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind.