Or often woke to war’s alarms.
But while their hearts in sorrows moved,
And wept the brothers that they loved,
They knew the strife was for the free,
Their Country and for Liberty.
Then hail the Flag, our Sisters’ Flag,
Its Stars and Stripes their zones shall be;
Then wave the Flag, our Sisters’ Flag,
The Star-gemmed Flag our Sisters’ zones shall be.
A seven-years’ war was past and gone,