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A poem for Independence Day by Francis Scott Key
His poem “Defence of Fort McHenry” became the lyrics to “The Star-Spangled Banner”
- Defence Of Fort McHenry
- O! say can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
- What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming,
- Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
- O’er the ramparts we watch’d, were so gallantly streaming?
- And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
- Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there —
- O! say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
- O’er the land of the free, and the home of the brave?
- On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
- Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes,
- What is that which the breeze o’er the towering steep,
- As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
- Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam,
- In full glory reflected now shines on the stream —
- ‘Tis the star-spangled banner, O! 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 havock of war and the battle’s confusion
- A home and a country should leave us no more?
- Their blood has wash’d out their foul foot-steps’ pollution,
- No refuge could save the hireling and slave,
- From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave;
- And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
- O’er the land of the free, and the home of the brave.
- O! thus be it ever when freemen shall stand
- Between their lov’d home, and the war’s desolation,
- Blest with vict’ry and peace, may the heav’n-rescued land
- Praise the power that hath made and preserv’d us a nation!
- Then conquer we must, when 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.
Francis Scott Key
Francis Scott Key (1779-1843) was an American poet best known for his poem “Defence of Fort McHenry,” which became the lyrics to “The Star-Spangled Banner,” the national anthem of the United States. Key was inspired to write the poem after witnessing the British bombing of Fort McHenry in 1814 at the height of the War of 1812. The poem was published within a week with the suggested tune “To Anacreon in Heaven” as accompaniment. The poem soon became indivisible from the tune and slowly but surely the song gained in popularity around the country. More than a century later, on March 3, 1931, President Herbert Hoover signed into law a bill recognizing the song as the official anthem of the country. The nation’s motto, “In God We Trust,” which has been the consternation of many an American atheist, was derived from a line in Key’s poem.
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A poem for Independence Day by Francis Scott Key
His poem “Defence of Fort McHenry” became the lyrics to “The Star-Spangled Banner”
A poem for Independence Day by Francis Scott Key
His poem “Defence of Fort McHenry” became the lyrics to “The Star-Spangled Banner”
- Defence Of Fort McHenry
- O! say can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
- What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming,
- Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
- O’er the ramparts we watch’d, were so gallantly streaming?
- And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
- Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there —
- O! say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
- O’er the land of the free, and the home of the brave?
- On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
- Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes,
- What is that which the breeze o’er the towering steep,
- As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
- Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam,
- In full glory reflected now shines on the stream —
- ‘Tis the star-spangled banner, O! 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 havock of war and the battle’s confusion
- A home and a country should leave us no more?
- Their blood has wash’d out their foul foot-steps’ pollution,
- No refuge could save the hireling and slave,
- From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave;
- And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
- O’er the land of the free, and the home of the brave.
- O! thus be it ever when freemen shall stand
- Between their lov’d home, and the war’s desolation,
- Blest with vict’ry and peace, may the heav’n-rescued land
- Praise the power that hath made and preserv’d us a nation!
- Then conquer we must, when 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.
Francis Scott Key
Francis Scott Key (1779-1843) was an American poet best known for his poem “Defence of Fort McHenry,” which became the lyrics to “The Star-Spangled Banner,” the national anthem of the United States. Key was inspired to write the poem after witnessing the British bombing of Fort McHenry in 1814 at the height of the War of 1812. The poem was published within a week with the suggested tune “To Anacreon in Heaven” as accompaniment. The poem soon became indivisible from the tune and slowly but surely the song gained in popularity around the country. More than a century later, on March 3, 1931, President Herbert Hoover signed into law a bill recognizing the song as the official anthem of the country. The nation’s motto, “In God We Trust,” which has been the consternation of many an American atheist, was derived from a line in Key’s poem.
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