The Patriot's Blood Is The Seed Of

For Beauty's Tears Are Lovelier Than Her Smile.

Better Be Courted And Jilted Than Never Be Courted At All.

For There No Yew Nor Cypress Spread Their Glom But Roses Blossom'd Each Rustic Tomb.

What Though My Winged Hours Of Bliss Have Been, Like Angel Visits, Few And Far Between.

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.