Flag of the brave! thy folds shall fly, And when the cannon-mouthings loud Like shoots of flame on midnight's pall, And cowering foes shall shrink beneath Flag of the seas! on ocean wave Flag of the free heart's hope and home, Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us? JOSEPH RODMAN Drake. THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER 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 rocket's red glare the bombs bursting in air, O, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave On that shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, As it fitfully blows, now conceals, now discloses ? "T is 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 havoc 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 footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of death and the gloom of the grave; And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall 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 loved homes and the war's desolation; Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the Heaven-rescued land Praise the power that has made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just, And this be our motto, "In God is our trust. And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave FRANCIS SCOTT KEY. GOD SAVE THE KING [ENGLISH NATIONAL ANTHEM] GOD save our gracious king, Happy and glorious, O Lord our God, arise, Frustrate their knavish tricks; On him our hopes we fix, God save us all. The choicest gifts in store To sing with heart and voice, HENRY CAREY. FRENCH NATIONAL HYMN All hearts resolved on victory or death! Now, now the dangerous storm is rolling, While lawless force, with guilty stride, With crimes and blood his hands embruing? Th' avenging sword unsheath! March on! March on ! All hearts resolved on victory or death! With luxury and pride surrounded, Their thirst of gold and power unbounded, Th' avenging sword unsheath! March on! March on! All hearts resolved on victory or death! O Liberty! can man resign thee, Once having felt thy generous flame ? All hearts resolved on victory or death! (From the French of Rouget de Lisle.) PRUSSIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM I AM a Prussian! see my colors gleaming The black-white standard floats before me free; Before the throne with love and faith I'm bending, With filial heart, obedient ear I'm lending; The father trusts the son defends the throne! Affection's ties are stronger-live, O my country, longer! The King's high call o'erflows my breast so free; I am a Prussian, will a Prussian be! Not every day hath sunny light of glory; A cloud, a shower, sometimes dulls the lea; Let none believe my face can tell the story, That every wish unfruitful is to me. How many far and nearer would think exchange much dearer ? Their Freedom's naught how then compare with me? I am a Prussian, will a Prussian be. And if the angry elements exploding, The lightnings flash, the thunders loudly roar, Hath not the world oft witness'd such foreboding? No Prussian's courage can be tested more. Should rock and oak be riven, to terror I'm not driven; Where love and faith so round the monarch cluster, "T is there alone true happiness can muster, Thus showing clear how firm the nation's bands. Be strong the bond, strike hands, dear hearts, with me; (From the German.) THE GERMAN'S FATHERLAND WHERE is the German's Fatherland? Where grows the vine, where flows the Rhine ? No! yet more great and far more grand Must be the German's Fatherland! How call they then the German's land? Is then the German's Fatherland Where Zurich's waveless water sleeps, Elsewhere the German's Fatherland! Then say, where lies the German's land ? - Say then, where lies the German's land? |