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And challenged the ages,
O grandest of pages!
In covenant solemn, eternal, and true.
O Flag glory-rifted!
To-day thunder-drifted,
Like a flower of strange grace on the crest of a surge,
On some Federal fold
A new tale shall be told,
And the record immortal emblazon thy verge.
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