...through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming ! And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air Gave proof through...star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave ? On that shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foo's...

...floated, were afterwards expressed by the poet in the words of THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER. Oh ! say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly...Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the clouds of the fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming ? And the rockets' red...

...the British fleet, on the morning after the unsuccessful bombardment of Fort Mcllcnry. OH, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, "What so proudly...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...

...inspired Key to write the words of a song which will be sung as long as the flag is known : " Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly...ramparts 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...

...domitable spirit, determined that neither rain nor weather shall get him down, strikes up : " Oh ! say, can you see by the dawn's early light, What so proudly...ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?" A hundred voices join in, and the very mountains, which loom up in the fire-light like great walls,...

...we have elsewhere given. DEFENCE OF FORT McHENRY. TUNE — ' jtnacreon in Heaven.' . Oh ! say, can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly...broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,1 O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming f And the rocket's red glare, the...

...have elsewhere given. ^ DEFENCE OF FORT McHENRY. TUNE — 'Anacreon in Heaven.' Oh ! say, can you gee by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed...broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,1 O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming t And the rocket's red glare, the...

...Freedom's banner streaming o'er us ! JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE. THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER. 0 SAY, can you sec shake their shadowy crowns and say : ' We always feared it would be so tight O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming ! And the rocket's red glare, the bombs...

...was a prisoner in the hands of the attacking British. THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER. Oh say! can you sec, rey, Fair tresses man's imperial race iusnare, Aud...all! iu every age, In every clime, adored, By saint, f And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof, through the night, that our flag...

...here reprint it in full, as it was originally written by Mr. Key: THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER. O SAY can you see, by the dawn's early light. What so proudly...last gleaming; Whose broad stripes and bright stars thro' the perilous fight O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming And the rockets'...