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 Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
 What so proudly we hailed as the twilight's last read more 
 Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
 What so proudly we hailed as the twilight's last gleaming?
  Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight
   O'er the ramplarts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
    And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
     Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
      Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
       O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? 
 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. 
 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. 
 Ay, here her tattered ensign down!
 Long has it waved on high,
  And many an eye has read more 
 Ay, here her tattered ensign down!
 Long has it waved on high,
  And many an eye has danced to see
   That banner in the sky. 
 When Freedom from her mountain height
 Unfurled her standard to the air,
  She tore the azure robe read more 
 When Freedom from her mountain height
 Unfurled her standard to the air,
  She tore the azure robe of night,
   And set the stars of glory there. 
 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. 
 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. 
 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.