Ye mariners of England! That guard our native seas; Whose flag has braved a thousand years, The battle and the breeze!

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.

The meteor flag of England.

Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.

Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the God of storms, The lightning and the gale.

Ay, here her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky.