Oh, How Hard It Is To Find

O Star-eyed Science, Hast Thou Wander'd There, To Waft Us Home The Message Of Despair?

The Patriot's Blood Is The Seed Of Freedom's Tree.

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.

But Sad As Angels For The Good Man's Sin, Weep To Record, And Blush To Give It In.

He Scorn'd His Own, Who Felt Another's Woe.