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{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = The meteor flag of England. Campbell—re Mariners of England. | seealso = (See also {{sc|Milton}} under {{sc|War) | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Flag | page = }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = 5 | text = Ye mariners of England! That guard our native seas; Whose flag has braved a thousand years, The battle and the breeze! Campbell—Ye Mariners of England. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Flag | page = 274 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Fling out, fling out, with cheer and shout, To all the winds Our Country's Banner! Be every bar, and every star, Displayed in full and glorious manner! Blow, zephyrs, blow, keep the dear ensign flying! Blow, zephyrs, sweetly mournful, sighing, sighing, sighing! Abraham Coles—The Microcosm and other Poems. P. 191. If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot. John A. Drx—Speeches and Addresses. Vol. II. P. 440. An Official Dispatch. Jan. 29, 1861. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Flag | page = }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = When Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there. Joseph Rodman Drake—The Croakers. The American Flag. St. 1. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Flag | page = 274 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Flag of the free heart's hope and home! By angel hands to valour given, Thy stars have lit the welkin dome; And all thy hues were born in heaven. Joseph Rodman Drake—The Croakers. The American Flag. St. 5. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Flag | page = 274 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = A moth-eaten rag on a worm-eaten pole, It does not look likely to stir a man's soul. 'Tis the deeds that were done 'neath the motheaten rag, When the pole was a staff, and the rag was a flag. Gen. Sir E. Hamlet. Referring to the Colors of the 43rd Monmouth Light Infantry. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Flag | page = 274 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = 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—A Metrical Essay. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Flag | page = }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = 15 | text = Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the God of storms, The lightning and the gale. Holmes—A Metrical Essay. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Flag | page = 274 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Oh! say can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming, Whose stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watch 'd, were so gallantly streaming; And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there! CHORUS Oh! say, does that star spangled banner yet wave, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! F. S. Key—Star-Spangled Banner. To Anacreon in heaven, where he sat in full glee, A few Sons of Harmony sent a petition, That he their inspirer and patron would be. Ralph Tomltnson—To Anacreon in Heaven. Music by John Stafford Smith. Tune of The Star-Spangled Banner (between 1770 and 1775) to which F. S. Key set his words. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Flag | page = 274 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation! Then conquer we must when our cause it is just. And this be our motto, "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. | author = F. S. Key | work = Star-Spangled Banner. | seealso = (See also {{sc|Morris}}) | topic = Flag | page = 274 }}