Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.
Flags
Ay, tear her tattered ensign down!
Long has it waved on high,
And many an eye has danced to see
That banner in the sky.
Holmes.—Metrical Essay.
“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.
Francis Scott Key.—The Star-spangled Banner.
A banner with the strange device.
Longfellow.—Excelsior.