He will therefore seek to establish for his country in the eyes of the world, such a character as shall make her not unworthy of the name of a Christian nation.
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The Defense of Fort McHenry, September 20, 1814, by Francis Scott Key Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O'er the ram.
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Praise the Power that hath 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 forever shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
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Then, in that hour of deliverance, my heart spoke. Does not such a country, and such defenders of their country, deserve a song?
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