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Edgar Guest - Our Duty To Our Flag
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Less hate and greed 
Is what we need 
And more of service true; 
More men to love 
The flag above 
And keep it first in view. 

Less boast and brag 
About the flag, 
More faith in what it means; 
More heads erect, 
More self-respect, 
Less talk of war machines. 

The time to fight 
To keep it bright 
Is not along the way, 
Nor `cross the foam, 
But here at home 
Within ourselves -- to-day. 

`Tis we must love 
That flag above 
With all our might and main; 
For from our hands, 
Not distant lands, 
Shall come dishonor`s stain. 

If that flag be 
Dishonored, we 
Have done it, not the foe; 
If it shall fall 
We first of all 
Shall be to strike a blow
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