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O say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
O say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light,<br />
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming,<br />
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight<br />
O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?<br />
And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air
And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air<br />
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave<br />
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?<br />
<br />
On the shore, dimly seen thro’ the mist of the deep,
On the shore, dimly seen thro’ the mist of the deep,<br />
Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes,
Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes,<br />
What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep,
What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep,<br />
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?<br />
Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam,
Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam,<br />
In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream
In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream
’Tis the star-spangled banner. Oh! long may it wave
’Tis the star-spangled banner. Oh! long may it wave<br />
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!<br />
<br />
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore<br />
That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion
That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion<br />
A home and a country should leave us no more?
A home and a country should leave us no more?<br />
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.<br />
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
No refuge could save the hireling and slave<br />
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave,
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave,
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave<br />
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.<br />
<br />
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand<br />
Between their loved homes and the war’s desolation,
Between their loved homes and the war’s desolation,<br />
Blest with vict’ry and peace, may the Heav’n-rescued land
Blest with vict’ry and peace, may the Heav’n-rescued land<br />
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!<br />
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,<br />
And this be our motto: "In God is our Trust"
And this be our motto: "In God is our Trust"
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave<br />
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.