...quarter of a century had been avenged. Our flag floated again, all unstained as on the day when freedom "Tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there." Yes, Sir, everybody felt that that age—never to be remembered without a tear for America—the age...

...Drake's five-stanza poem, The American /•'fag (1843): When Freedom from her mountain height Unfurl 'd her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set stars of glory there. She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skys, And striped...

...our nation 60 years later in 2003. A Plea for Justice or A Plea to the Flag by Lena Dickens — 1918 When freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, It told that men must have a right And men must be men everywhere. Flag of the free to thee 'tis given...