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AMERICA’S STANDARDS. (To the Flag and Cross We Cling.)

Long may our flag float on the breeze,

A story it doth tell,

Of freedom, loyalty and love,

Of hearts that bled and fell

Mid the thickening smoke of battle,

’Though tattered it may be,

It speaks of struggles, triumphs won,

All, hallowed memory.

So unfurl that silken banner,

On high a cross we see,

Symbol of faith, and hope, and love,

The cross of Calvary;

Rich mines of truth and of feeling,

Our glorious standards bear,

The cross of Christ our redemption,

The stars and stripes our emblem fair.

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