Francis Scott Key quotes

Francis Scott Key was an American lawyer, author, and amateur poet. He is most famous for writing the lyrics to "The Star-Spangled Banner," the national anthem of the United States. He left a lasting legacy in American culture through his patriotic poetry and legal career. Here are 13 of his quotes:

Then, in that hour of deliverance, my heart spoke. Does not such a country, and such defenders of their country, deserve a song? (Francis Scott Key)
The patriot who feels himself in the service of God, who acknowledges Him in all his ways, has the promise of Almighty direction, and will find His Word in his greatest darkness. View quote
Francis Scott Key
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. View quote
Francis Scott Key
If we believe in the existence of a great moral and political evil amongst us, and that duty, honour, and interest, call upon us to prepare the way for its removal, we must act. View quote
Francis Scott Key
O thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved home and the war's desolation. View quote
Francis Scott Key
So sings the world's fond slave! so flies the dream Of life's gay morn; so sinks the meteor ray Of fancy into darkness; and no beam Of purer light shines on the wanderer's way. View quote
Francis Scott Key
O say can you see by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming. View quote
Francis Scott Key
Yet yield not to despair! be born again, And thou shalt live a life of joy and peace, Shall die a death of triumph, and thy strain Be changed to notes of rapture ne'er to cease. View quote
Francis Scott Key
When the warrior returns, from the battle afar,To the home and the country he nobly defended,O! warm be the welcome to gladden his ear,And loud be the joy that his perils are ended:In the full tide of song let his fame roll along,To the feast-flowing board let us gratefully throng,Where, mixed with the olive, the laurel shall wave,And form a bright wreath for the brows of the brave. View quote
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He will therefore seek to establish for his country in the eyes of the world, such a character as shall make her not unworthy of the name of a Christian nation. View quote
Francis Scott Key
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation! Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: "In God is our trust." And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! (Francis Scott Key)
When the warrior returns, from the battle afar, To the home and the country he nobly defended, O! warm be the welcome to gladden his ear, And loud be the joy that his perils are ended. View quote
Francis Scott Key
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave from the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave. View quote
Francis Scott Key