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Ever To Be.

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Ever to be     Land of the free,     Hold up your banner of light to the eye,     High! High!     Let its folds fly,     Blessing the earth and rejoicing the sky.     Ever to be     Flag of the free,     Long as the earth shows the sight of a slave,     Wave! Wave!     Mighty to save,     Fronting the fight in the eye of the brave.     Ever to be     Light of the free,     Lashed to the palm tree or nailed to the pine,     Shine! Shine!     Liberty's sign,     Lighting the human to find the Divine.

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