Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-02-23
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From the Argus and Democrat.
HY COUNTRY-S FLAG.
RI SAhCEL X. BlKEa.

Ny Country's Flag, bear on thy folds,
blessing whereso 'er unfurled,
Wherever thou may'st be unrold,
Bright banner of the western world;
Oh go ye forth with blessings fraught
Thou star g-m d banner of the free,
Beneath whose shade our fathers fought,
And bled, and conquerd. and were free
Is there stain upon that sheet,
Dims one dark spot thy heavenly huel
Is there print of hostile feet
On thy pure white or cloudless blue,
Does blood save but in battle shed,
Thy crimson dye, with deeper red,
Can there q single stain be seen,
Darkning, dear flag, thy radiant sheen7
Oh say, of thee can it be told,
This sheet expressions hand unrold7
That e'er a hand beneath it draws
4 falchiou, but IN freedoms cause1
That on thee Is one sanguine mark,
stain upon thee deep and dark,
Forgetting Freedom and its cause,
Forgetting Justice and its laws
That freedoms eagle stopd his crest,
To spoil the peaceful turtles nesta
That thou was e'er by slaughter spread,
To wave above field of dead (!
Vast in the van of lawless gain,
Borne or the land or on the rnain7
That our bright flag in beauty flows,
NJ ~ !
II thus, may darkness deep, profound.
My countrys banner, wrap thee round!
False flag may no longer see
Thee waving DER the bra, and free
My eountry's flag, ADDRESSED TO thee,
All this were treason, false, unjust.
The oppressed OF the Nations see
In thee their last and surest trust;
And when my folds unroll on high,
They turn on thee joyous eye;
In thee, bright flag Of liberty,
The sure hope and promise see,
As IT The bow which skirts the clouds,
When tempes,s spread their sable shrouds,
In every CLINE, in every zone,
Where's our country's name is known,
Whereer best flag, thou stream S, in light,
Thou IT ever grateful to the sight!
Stretch thou afar thy lustred wings,
And let them in the breezes play;
Ger all III oppressed thy bright folds fling,
And may oppression blench away;
VINO fear thee, banner Of the braves
Who trembles when they see thee wave,
Tn oppressor fears, and not Ia opprest,
When he beholds thy eagles Crest,
And thy bright consolidated stars,
As way'st thou DER the ranks of wari
He trernbies as he sees with fear,
The banner OF deliverance near,
Yes, the oppressor sees, dismayd,
My countrys flag, thy folds display'd,
While the Oppressed e'er hail thy light,
As ,ne last radiant star of night,
Which fingers on the verge of day,
And tells the night has pass away.
A blessing bear where'er thy folds,
NY country's banner, are unrol'd:
May from thy stars radiance flow.
On California. Mexico,
May thy broad light their valleys fll,
And gid, ike sunbeams, every hill
Til those fair lands, BY freedom hlest,
Beneath thy ample folds shall rest
DEAN FLAG nlay'st thou blessing bring,
Nhere'er thy bright folds may expand,
And may thy eagles glowing wing,
4 lustre shed or every land,
And stretch his glittering pinions far,
Til they shall sweep the western star,
The lsthmus shade, and distant shore,
Where vast Paciic's waters roar,
And may that mighty Ocean hail
Thy radiant folds with every gale,
I'LL many star as bright as thine,
Shall in thy constellation shine.
Till thou more widely still unfurld,
Shall ,s-re DER all the Western Vorld.
Ann STILL MANKIND BEHOLD N rsEE
THx GLoHIors FLAG OF LIRERrr.
lives with order.