# H /stR /spANgald /bAnD

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)