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Hats off! by Henry Holcomb Bennett |
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A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums, A flash of color beneath the sky, Hats off! |
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Blue and crimson and white it shines, Over the steel-tipped ordered lines, Hats off! |
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But more than the flag is passing by: Sea-fights and land fights, grim and great, Fought to make and to save the state; |
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Cheers of victory on dying lips; Days of plenty and years of peace; March of a strong land's swift increase; |
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Stately honor and reverend awe; Sign of a nation, great and strong To ward her people from foreign wrong; Pride, and glory, and honor,--all Live in the colors to stand or fall, Hats off! |
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A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums, And loyal hearts are beating high; |
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