​death’s dynamic shroud
IMPERIAL GIRL
Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming

Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming

And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
Over the land of the free...