Susan Blanchard Elder

“ For this fag of my country in triumph shall wave
O’er the Southerner’s home and the Southerner’s grave.
All bright are the stars that are beaming upon us,
And bold are the bars that are gleaming above us,
The one shall increase in their number and light;
The other grows bolder in power and might—
For this flag of my country in triumph shall wave,
O’er the Southerner’s home or the Southerner’s grave. ”