<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=472556" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Flower of Liberty</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">WHAT flower is this that greets the morn,<br> Its hues from Heaven so freshly born?<br> With burning star and flaming band<br> It kindles all the sunset land:<br> Oh tell us what its name may be,--<br> Is this the Flower of Liberty? </div><div style="margin:10px 0"> It is the banner of the free,<br> The starry Flower of Liberty!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> In savage Nature's far abode<br> Its tender seed our fathers sowed;<br> The storm-winds rocked its swelling bud,<br> Its opening leaves were streaked with blood,<br> Till lo! earth's tyrants shook to see<br> The full-blown Flower of Liberty! </div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Then hail the banner of the free,<br> The starry Flower of Liberty!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Behold its streaming rays unite,<br> One mingling flood of braided light,--<br> The red that fires the Southern rose,<br> With spotless white from Northern snows,<br> And, spangled o'er its azure, see<br> The sister Stars of Liberty! </div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Then hail the banner of the free,<br> The starry Flower of Liberty!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> The blades of heroes fence it round,<br> Where'er it springs is holy ground;<br> From tower and dome its glories spread;<br> It waves where lonely sentries tread;<br> It makes the land as ocean free,<br> And plants an empire on the sea!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Then hail the banner of the free,<br> The starry Flower of Liberty!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Thy sacred leaves, fair Freedom's flower,<br> Shall ever float on dome and tower,<br> To all their heavenly colors true,<br> In blackening frost or crimson dew,--<br> And God love us as we love thee,<br> Thrice holy Flower of Liberty!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Then hail the banner of the free,<br> The starry FLOWER OF LIBERTY!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Oliver+Wendell+Holmes">Oliver Wendell Holmes</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=472556" data-title="The Flower of Liberty de Oliver Wendell Holmes" data-description="WHAT flower is this that greets the morn, Its hues from Heaven so freshly born? With burning star and flaming band It kindles all the sunset land: Oh tell us what its name may be,-- Is this the Flower of Liberty? It is the banner of the fr..."></div> </div> </div>

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