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THE FLAG THAT TOPS THE WORLD
By Leigh Mitchell Hodges
You
MAY sing a song of banners that are brave against
the breeze,
Of flags that ne'er in time of need are furl'd;
You may boast the battle ensigns that have swept the seven
seas,
But I toast the starry flag that tops the world!
Where the purple cold eternal
Seals the doom of all things vernal,
It is blooming with the beauty of a cause that cannot die ;
Where the wind is Death in motion
Flying o'er a frozen ocean,
It is smiling at the outer worlds against the frozen sky.
And the pole that bears the blossom of the old Red, White and
Blue,
Is the axis of the ball on which we're whirl'd,-
O, it's fine to see her floating from the rod that holds us true!
So uncover to the flag that tops the world!
Round its base the hosts of nations
Through all coming generations
Will be circling in the life-march till the spear of Time is
hurl'd,
And by land or water faring
Not a man can get his bearing
Till his compass-needle points him to the Aag that tops the
world!
(Copyright, 1909, by Leigh Mitchell Hodges. All rights reserved.)
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