{"id":228,"date":"2026-01-08T05:52:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T05:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.modernpoetics.com\/wp\/?p=228"},"modified":"2026-01-08T06:20:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T06:20:25","slug":"tis-the-star-o-say-does-that-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.modernpoetics.com\/wp\/2026\/01\/08\/tis-the-star-o-say-does-that-star\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;TIS THE STAR O SAY DOES THAT STAR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>triumph doth it catches foul footsteps us no dawn&#8217;s early silence<br>god our yet wave<br>praise power<br>foul footsteps o thus<br>be it<br>EARLY LIGHT WHO SO THROUGH NIGHT VICT&#8217;RY PEACE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>banner o<br>rescued land land free<br>o say<br>star-spangled banner home brave<br>o&#8217;er land see dawn&#8217;s terror flight us nation early light<br>banner triumph twilight&#8217;s last<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>nation then wave o&#8217;er war&#8217;s desolation stand between o thus it catches<br>the perilous fight<br>no their brave where tis star-spangled free home say<br>glare bombs<br>dread silence<br>the perilous fight<br>PROOF THROUGH<br>home brave steep it<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>reposes what star-spangled banner blows half dread silence shall wave hailed<br>blessed vict&#8217;ry<br>blessed vict&#8217;ry<br>o&#8217;er land shall stand banner triumph our cause where<br>footsteps pollution land free haughty host<br>power hath where foe&#8217;s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EVER WHEN POWER HATH<br>power hath<br>where foe&#8217;s<br>it fitfully<br>red glare no their you see<br>the perilous fight<br>BREEZE O&#8217;ER US NATION<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>land free star-spangled banner<br>o&#8217;er land o long reposes what heav&#8217;n rescued<br>IT JUST<br>stripes bright<br>it just<br>mists deep it catches<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>banner yet pollution no star-spangled banner hireling slave rescued land vict&#8217;ry<br>HOST DREAD<br>havoc war<br>shines stream o&#8217;er land it fitfully land free<br>the perilous fight<br>the perilous fight<br>land free land free<br>through the mists of the deep<br>through the mists of the deep<br>o&#8217;er land ramparts watched o&#8217;er land rescued land discloses<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>triumph doth it catches foul footsteps us no dawn&#8217;s early silencegod our yet wavepraise powerfoul footsteps o thusbe itEARLY LIGHT WHO SO THROUGH NIGHT VICT&#8217;RY PEACE banner orescued land land freeo saystar-spangled banner home braveo&#8217;er land see dawn&#8217;s terror flight us nation early lightbanner triumph twilight&#8217;s last nation then wave o&#8217;er war&#8217;s desolation stand between&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.modernpoetics.com\/wp\/2026\/01\/08\/tis-the-star-o-say-does-that-star\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8216;TIS THE STAR O SAY DOES THAT STAR<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","category-the-beautiful-america","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpoetics.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpoetics.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpoetics.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpoetics.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpoetics.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpoetics.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpoetics.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228\/revisions\/229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpoetics.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpoetics.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpoetics.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}