“The Star-Spangled Banner” Lyrics<\/p>\n
The lyrics to “The Star-Spangled Banner” are particularly poignant and meaningful during times of national mourning and pride. Be sure you and your children know the words to this anthem that has brought courage and hope to so many.<\/p>\n
Lyrics, by Francis Scott Key:<\/strong><\/p>\n First Verse<\/strong> \u2028Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light, \u2028What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming? \u2028Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro’ the perilous fight, \u2028O’er the ramparts we watch’d, were so gallantly streaming? \u2028And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air \u2028Gave proof thro’ the night that our flag was still there. \u2028Oh, say, does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave \u2028O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?<\/p>\n Second Verse<\/strong> \u2028On the shore dimly seen, thro’ the mists of the deep, \u2028Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes, \u2028What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep, \u2028As it fitfully blows half conceals, half discloses? \u2028Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam, \u2028In full glory reflected, now shines in the stream; \u2028’Tis the Star-Spangled Banner, Oh long may it wave \u2028O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.<\/p>\n Third Verse<\/strong>\u2028And where is that band who so vauntingly swore\u2028That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion\u2028A home and a country should leave us no more?\u2028Their blood has wash’d out their foul footstep’s pollution.\u2028No refuge could save the hireling and slave\u2028From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,\u2028And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave\u2028O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.<\/p>\n Fourth Verse<\/strong>\u2028Oh, thus be it ever when free men shall stand \u2028Between their loved homes and the war’s desolation! \u2028Blest with vict’ry and peace, may the heav’n rescued land \u2028Praise the Pow’r that hath made and preserved us a nation! \u2028Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, \u2028And this be our motto, “In God is our trust” \u2028And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave \u2028O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “The Star-Spangled Banner” Lyrics The lyrics to “The Star-Spangled Banner” are particularly poignant and meaningful during times of national mourning and pride. Be sure you and your children know the words to this anthem that has brought courage and hope to so many. Lyrics, by Francis Scott Key: First Verse \u2028Oh, say, can you see, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":187,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/hardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/hardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/hardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/hardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/187"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/hardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/hardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/hardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/hardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/hardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}