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Show oo UNFURL THE STARRY BANNER. , Unfurl the Starry Banner! Let it float : upon the breeze, A light to all the lands of earth, and ; all the seven seas; The banner of our people and the bea- i con flame of hope 1 For all who In the darkness of the despot kingdoms grope; The flag that waves o'er freemen, who will ne'er contented bp Till the last, least, little peoples shall rejoice in liberty. Unfurl the Starry Banner! lie?- the magic of its flame Set all the world in worship at the shrine of Freedom's name; Let it bo unto the nations both a symbol sym-bol of cur .might And a pledge of our devotion to the sacred sa-cred cause of Right; Not a sign of greed or conquest, lust of others lands or marts, But, the bond of open dealing, .open rt". hands and open hearts. - Unfurl the Starry Banner! Lo, that Banner is unfurled. As it floats today above us, so it floats around the world Resplendent from the rising to the setting of the siin And wherever Freedom's frontier faces forward to the Hun. Nor in farthest foreign reaches will that Banner e'er be furled i Till Freedom waves in every flag that waves above the world. |