O ’tis homes and the children
Where joys never lag,—
’Tis these keep the red in our flag,
Our flag of the red, white and blue
To which home-hearts and child-hearts are true.
’Tis the mothers of men who give us our lives,
Who give us our children, who give us our wives,—
O ’tis woman’s great heart which hallows and trues
And makes the straight line to which our ax hews;
’Tis our wives and our daughters who keep our feet straight