THE FLAG GOES BY
HATS off!Along the street there comesA blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums,A flash of color beneath the sky;Hats off!The flag is passing by!
Blue and crimson and white it shines,Over the steel-tipped ordered lines,Hats off!The colors before us fly!But more than the flag is passing by.
Sea-fights and land-fights, grim and great,Fought to make and to save the State.Weary marches and sinking ships;Cheers of victory on dying...
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