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In the face of the sun are great thunderbolts hurled, / And the storm-clouds have shut out its light; / But a Rainbow of Promise now shines on the world, / And the universe thrills at the sight.
'Tis the flag of our Union, the red, white, and blue, / Our Star-spangled Banner-our pride; / Fair symbol of all that is noble and true, / Flung out over continents wide.
Flung out in its glory o'er land and o'er sea, / With a message from God in each star; / And a glorious promise of peace yet to be / In the fluttering folds of each bar.
A Rainbow of Promise, bright emblem of hope, / Fair flag of each cause that is just; / No longer in doubt or in darkness we grope- / In the Star-spangled Banner we trust.