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by Unknown

And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave

O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

O! thus be it ever, when freeman shall stand

Between our loved home and the war’s desolation;

Bless’d with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land

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 in triumph shall wave

O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.