O sE kAn V sI, bF H dYn'z xlI lFt,
wot sO prQdlI wI hEld At H twFlFt's lyst
glImiN?
hMz brYd strFps n brFt stRz, TrM H peralas
fFt,
O'D H rApRts wI woct, wx sO gAlantlI strImiN?
n H rokits' red glX, H bomz bxstiN in X,
gEv prMf TrM H nFt HAt QD flAg woz stil HX.
O sE, duz HAt stR-spANgald bAnD jet wEv
O'D H lAnd v H frI n H hOm v H brEv?
on H SP, dimlI sIn TrM H mists v H dIp,
wX H fO'z hYtI hOst in dred sFlans ripOzaz,
wot iz HAt wic H brIz, O'D H tQDiN stIp,
Az it fitfalI blOz, nQ kansIlz, nQ disklOzaz?
nQ it kAcaz H glIm v H mPniN'z fxst bIm,
in fUl glPI riflektad nQ SFnz on H strIm:
'tiz H stR-spANgald bAnD! O loN mE it wEv
O'D H lAnd b H frI n H hOm v H brEv.
n wX iz HAt bAnd hM sO vYntiNlI swP
HAt H hAvak v wP n H bAtal'z kanfVZan
a hOm n a kuntrI SUd lIv us nO mP?
HX blud hAz wFpt Qt HX fQl fUtstep's palMSan.
nO refVJ kUd sEv H hFDliN n slEv
from H terD v flFt, P H glMm v H grEv:
n H stR-spANgald bAnd in trFumf doT wEv
O'D H lAnd v H frI n H hOm b H brEv.
O! Hus bI it evD, wen frImen SAl stAnd
batwIn HX luvd hOmz n H wP'z desalESan!
blest wiH viktDI n pIs, mE H hevan-reskVd lAnd
prEz H pQD HAt hAT mEd n prazxvd a nESan.
Hen koNkD wI must, wen QD kYz it iz Just,
n His bI QD motO: "in /god iz QD
trust."
n H stR-spANgald bAnD in trFumf SAl wEv
O'D H lAnd v H frI n H hOm v H brEv!
/frynsis /skot /kI (1779-1843)