To live in the hearts of others is not to die
United States, your banner wears Two emblems--one of fame; Alas! the other that it bears Reminds us of your shame. Your banner's constellation types White freedom with its stars, But what's the meaning of the stripes? They mean your negroes' scars.
O leave this barren spot to me! Spare, woodman, spare the beechen tree.
The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree.
Whose lines are mottoes of the heart,Whose truths electrify the sage.
Britannia needs no bulwarks, No towers along the steep; Her march is o'er the mountain waves, Her home is on the deep.