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Show Betsy Ross H I 1 fi A (pilot house, a (pilot street. V' , H A needle and a thread. H i A hcIhhoth and n H(iiuro of blue, H Some HtrlpuN or whlto nnd red. H And Hlundor IiuikIh that deftly stitched dH The Hhlulng stars iutohh jH 'Twiih thtiM tlm Hag of Liberty H WnH iiiudo by Ilotsy IIohb. H Though Kntlinr Tlmo Ihih worn to rags H The ermine robes of kings, H And left tho guns of war to rust H Among forgotten things; H Though crowns and scepters at his touch H I In vo turned to dust nnd drosHK H Yet not ii liiolteu Ntltch has marred H The work of IJotsy Jtoss. H In stately hull and lowly homo, H ThlH day Its colors wave. H The shelter of the world's oprpssed, , H Tho beauou of thu brave. i H Iut glory on tho nation's shield H Among the stars emboss H The thrwtd, the needle mid tho name H And fnrnn of Uetsy Hoss, H Minna Irving, In Leslie's Weekly. H |