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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FLAG, by HENRY LYNDEN FLASH First Line: Up with the banner of the free! Last Line: Beneath its steadfast stars. Subject(s): Flags - United States; Spanish-american War (1898); American Flag | |||
UP WITH the banner of the free! Its stars and stripes unfurled! And let the battle beauty blaze Above a startled world. No more around its towering staff The folds shall twine again, Till falls beneath its righteous wrath The gonfalon of Spain. That flag with constellated stars Shines ever in the van! And like the rainbow in the storm, Presages peace to man. For still amid the cannon's roar It sanctifies the fight, And flames along the battle lines, The emblem of the Right. It seeks no conquest, knows no fear; Cares not for pomp or state; As pliant as the atmosphere, As resolute as Fate. Where'er it floats, on land or sea, No stain its honor mars, And Freedom smiles, her fate secure, Beneath its steadfast stars. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FLAG GOES BY by HENRY HOLCOMB BENNETT THE AMERICAN FLAG by JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE THE CALL TO THE COLORS by ARTHUR GUITERMAN BETSY'S BATTLE FLAG by MINNA IRVING THE BONNIE BLUE FLAG by ANNIE CHAMBERS KETCHUM THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER by FRANCIS SCOTT KEY THE CONQUERED BANNER by ABRAM JOSEPH RYAN FANCIES AT NAVESINK: 6 by WALT WHITMAN DEATH OF STONEWALL JACKSON by HENRY LYNDEN FLASH |
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