Unfurled her standard to the air,
She tore the azure robe of night
And set the stars of glory there;
She mingled with its gorgeous dyes
The milky baldric of the skies,
And striped its pure celestial white
With streakings of the morning light;
Then from his mansion in the sun
She called her eagle bearer down,
And gave into his mighty hand
The symbol of her chosen land.

--J.R. DRAKE.

[To be recited and followed immediately by the song "Star
Spangled Banner."]

=13. SONG.=

STAR SPANGLED BANNER.

FRANCIS KEY.

[Illustration: Music notation]

1. Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars thro' the perilous fight
O'er the ramparts we watched 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;
Oh, say does the star-spangled banner still wave
O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave?

2. On the shore dimly seen thro' the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that, which the breeze o'er the lowering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses!
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines on the stream;
'Tis the star-spangled banner, Oh, long may it wave
O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave!

3. Oh, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation.
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the pow'r that has 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!

II.--The March.

_Suggestions._--See that the children keep step to the air
of the song. Arrange them according to size, the smallest
first, that the column may present a picturesque appearance.

MARCHING SONG.

[Illustration: Music notation]

1. There's Springtime in the air
When the happy robin sings,
And earth grows bright and fair,