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 in triumph shall wave

O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!”

CURTAIN

The quotations used have been selected from the following:

Ready, Aye, Ready Herman C. Merivale
I Give My Soldier Boy a Blade William Maginn
Horatius at the Bridge Thomas B. Macaulay
Columbus Joaquin Miller
Unmanifest Destiny Henry Holcomb Bennett
The Parting of the Ways Joseph B. Gilder
(To fit the context the first line of this poem has been slightlychanged. The original reads, “Untrammelled Giant of the West.”)
A Song of the AlliesIrene Brush
To EnglandGeorge Henry Boker
To AmericaAlfred Austin
The American FlagCharles G. Crellin
ArmageddonEdwin Arnold
Marco BozzariusFitz-Greene Halleck

NOTES ON MUSIC

To fit the context the last line of the Japanese National Song has been slightly altered.

Transcriber’s Notes