Ay, tear her tattered ensign down!
Long has it waved on high,
And many an eye has danced to see
That banner in the sky;
Beneath it rung the battle shout,
And burst the cannon’s roar;—
The meteor of the ocean air
Shall sweep...
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[On the proposed breaking up of the United States frigate “Constitution”] AY, tear her tattered ensign down! |