Hers, in old, heroic days,
Her unfettered heights afar
’Twixt the Grecian Gulf to raise,
And the torrid Libyan star.
From her bulwarks to the North
Stretched the glad Ægæan Sea,
Sending bards and warriors forth
To the triumphs of the free;
Ill the fierce invader throve,
When, from island or from main,