FROM GLORY UNTO GLORY

American Flag Song

I

O dark the night and dim the day

When first our flag arose;

It fluttered bravely in the fray

To meet o'erwhelming foes.

Our fathers saw the splendor shine,

They dared and suffered all;

They won our freedom by the sign—

The holy sign, the radiant sign—

Of the stars that never fall.

Chorus

All hail to thee, Young Glory!

Among the flags of earth

We'll ne'er forget the story

Of thy heroic birth.

II

O wild the later storm that shook

The pillars of the State,

When brother against brother took

The final arms of fate.

But union lived and peace divine

Enfolded brothers all;

The flag floats o'er them with the sign—

The loyal sign, the equal sign—

Of the stars that never fall.

Chorus

All hail to thee, Old Glory!

Of thee our heart's desire

Foretells a golden story,

For thou hast come through fire.

III

O fiercer than all wars before

That raged on land or sea,

The Giant Robber's world-wide war

For the things that shall not be!

Thy sister banners hold the line;

To thee, dear flag, they call;

And thou hast joined them with the sign—

The heavenly sign, the victor sign—

Of the stars that never fall.

Chorus

All hail to thee, New Glory!

We follow thee unfurled

To write the larger story

Of Freedom for the World.

September 4, 1918.