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Origin of the "stars and stripes," (1916)

Pope, J. William (John William), 1826-1916 · [Pittsburgh, Brockett press] · leaf 10

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fo||cznoE=)lfol Hot tears, pearly tears, oer her garment went streaming,And washed the deep crimson away in their flow,Beneath the soft light of the slars mildly gleaming,She saw the broad stripes dawning white as the snow.All hail bonny stripes, though begotten in sorrow,All hail thou bright… … llQllCZIOIZDliol o I She turned her glad eyes, though bedimmed, toward heavenAnd thanked the bright stars for the light which they shed;She whispered, Behold the white stripes that are givenTo mingle and wave with this beautiful red. Q o 0 o ICZIOIZZ3

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