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Twilight's Last Gleaming?
'Ti~
the star-spangled banner! 0 long may it
wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the
brave!
And where is that band who so vauntingly
swore
That the havoc ofwar and the battle's confusion
A home anda country should leave us no more?
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps'
pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror offlight, or the gloom ofthe grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth
wave
O'er the land of the free. and the home of the
brave!
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's deso–
lation!
Blest with vidory and peace, may the heaven–
rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made andpreserved
usa nation.
Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: ''In God is our trust
"
And.the star-spangled banner in triumph shall
wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the
brave!
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