me;
Bright beacon of the azure sky,
True light of Freedom's dome.
'Till nations all shall cease to grope
In vain for liberty--
O shine, last lingering star of hope
Of all humanity!

--EDWARD SMYTH JONES.

* * * * *

+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| |
| Transcriber's note: The word 'mein' in the fifth line of the |
| poem may represent an archaic spelling of the word mien. It |
| has been left as printed in the original. |
| |
+--------------------------------------------------------------+

End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Flag of the Free, by Edward Smyth Jones

*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FLAG OF THE FREE ***

***** This file should be named 22236.txt or 22236.zip *****
This and all associated files of various formats will be found in:
http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/2/3/22236/

Produced by K. Nordquist, Pat A. Benoy and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This
file was produced from images generously made available
by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions
will be renamed.

Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no
one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation
(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without
permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules,
set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to
copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to
protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project
Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you
charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you
do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the
rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose
such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and
research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do
practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is
subject to the trademark license, especially commercial
redistribution.

*** START: FULL LICENSE ***

THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE
PLEASE REA