O say, can you see, by the dawn`s early light, <br /> What so proudly we hailed at the twilight`s last gleaming, <br /> Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight <br /> O`er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? <br /> And the rockets` red glare, the bombs bursting in air <br /> Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there; <br /> O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave <br /> O`er the land of the free and the home of the brave? <br /> <br /> On the shore, dimly seen thro` the mist of the deep, <br /> Where the foe`s haughty host in dread silence reposes, <br /> What is that which the breeze, o`er the towering steep, <br /> As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? <br /> Now it catches the gleam of the morning`s first beam, <br /> In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream <br /> `Tis the star-spangled banner. Oh! long may it wave <br /> O`er the land of the free and the home of the brave! <br /> <br /> And where is that band who so vauntingly swore <br /> That the havoc of war and the battle`s confusion <br /> A home and a country should leave us no more? <br /> Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps` pollution. <br /> No refuge could save the hireling and slave <br /> From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave, <br /> And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave <br /> O`er the land of the free and the home of the brave. <br /> <br /> Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand <br /> Between their loved homes and the war`s desolation, <br /> Blest with vict`ry and peace, may the Heav`n-rescued land <br /> Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation! <br /> Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, <br /> And this be our motto: "In God is our Trust" <br /> And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave <br /> O`er the land of the free and the home of the brave. </div>