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    The Song of the Flag A National Ode
    The Song of the Flag A National Ode
    The Song of the Flag A National Ode
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    The Song of the Flag A National Ode

    By Eric Mackay

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      The Song of the Flag A National Ode - Eric Mackay

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      Title: The Song of the Flag

      A National Ode

      Author: Eric Mackay

      Release Date: May 12, 2008 [EBook #25455]

      Language: English

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      THE

      SONG OF THE FLAG

      A National Ode

      BY

      ERIC MACKAY

      Author of Love Letters of a Violinist, Vox Amoris, &c.

      LONDON

      Lamley & Co., Exhibition Road, S.W.

      1893.

      THE SONG OF THE FLAG.

      I.

      Up with the country's flag!

      And let the winds caress it, fold on fold,—

      A stainless flag, and glorious to behold!

      It is our honour's pledge;

      It is the token of a truth sublime,

      A thing to die for, and to wonder at,

      When, on the shuddering edge

      Of some great storm, it waves its woven joy,

      Which no man shall destroy,

      In shine or shower, in peace or battle-time.

      Up with the flag!

      The winds are wild to toss it, and to

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