Oh! thus be

"Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall standBetween their loved home and the war's desolation!Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued landPraise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nationThen conquer we must, when our cause it is justAnd this be our motto: "In God is our trust."And the star-spangled…

And where is

"And where is that band who so vauntingly sworeThat the havoc of war and the battle's confusionA home and a country should leave us no more!Their blood has washed out of of their foul footsteps' pollutionNo refuge could save the hireling and slave'From the terror of flight and the gloom of the graveAnd the star-spangled…

On the shore

"On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deepWhere the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposesWhat is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steepAs it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beamIn full glory reflected now shines in the stream'Tis the star-spangled banner!…

Oh, say can

"Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early lightWhat so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fightO'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in airGave proof thru the night that our flag was still thereOh,…