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Poetry: American Stripes

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Parent Issue
Day
15
Month
July
Year
1844
Copyright
Public Domain
Poem
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"Miss Wickliffe, daughter of the Post Master General, propjsed the fo'IIowtng tortsi - 4iThe American Flag the on ly thing American which beirs stripes. "-Goic, Saturday.March 23,114. LINES ON IIEAOIN'G THE ABOVE. ttt - BY XV. H. B. Aye! It 8 well Amid the scènes of revolry. with which Ourcitics teem; when on the boord, the wino Is foaming bright,and hcam bea: high with shout. Andaong, and toasls are given; then 'tie well To boast ihat "nauglu hearing ihat high All glorio8 name American, beará stripes Save our own fiag." Wiihio the gorgeous halls Ofmoneyed pricle, from the last sunbeam's liagring light Shut out, by many a fold of princely crimson, Kmpear'Id with peerless gems oí Oriental limes'. Where f;om its bnried trcns;ues, wake the Lult 1 n thrills of melody so sweet, that woe la never seen, or known; or where 'twill setve Tocall torth bnrsts of hollow heartless praise, There let the boast bc niatle. But not wbere 'Asa v g'0%V8 The Heaven's one btirning e) e, watching alike The Foutit, where Aroosiook takes its rise, Amid the, rustli.ng pincs of Maine. and svhere The Sabine rolls it waters to the sea. Whisper it not amid the suriny fount?, When in their wild'alljoyous notes, there breathes A ñdness not their own, or where there fans U. from thé sunny -South, nn orangc breeze Bearing upon üs balmy wings these words, 'Hcarts are herc wrung in silent ngony, And hopes lit up, and quenched in misery" - O then that boast is solemn mockery. Like thnt upon the Temple ol our rights Shcvjng.."All men nre Iree nnd equal born," %yhilc millions groan amid its tnnrbie fanes And gasp.for Frecdom round its verv wnlls. Grass Lake Ac.idemy. June 24, 1ÍS4Í.