From Glory Unto Glory

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.

  All hail to thee, Young Glory!
    Among the flags of earth
  We’ll ne’er forget the story
    Of thy heroic birth.

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.

  All hail to thee, Old Glory!
    Of thee our heart’s desire
  Foretells a golden story,
    For thou hast come through fire.

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.

  All hail to thee, New Glory!
    We follow thee unfurled
  To write the larger story
    Of Freedom for the World.