An Account of the Reception Given by the Citizens of New York

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Excerpt from An Account of the Reception Given by the Citizens of New York: To the Survivors of the Officers and Crews of the United States Frigates Cumberland and Congress at the Academy of Music, April 10th, 1862 Nail Our Flag To The Mast. Nail our flag to the mast! that all nations may know It floats over freemen who'll ever defend it, Will ne'er haul it down, though o'erwhelming the foe, Though the smoke may enshroud, though the war-hail may rend it. When the smoke clears away At the close of the fray, Our flag, though in tatters, well proudly display And e'en though we sink, still unconquered at last, Well sink 'neath the wave with flag nailed to the mast. Nail our flag to the mast! 'tis the flag of the free: While the deeds of our fathers are hallowed in story, Our standard a terror to tyrants shall be, To freemen a beacon of honor and glory. Spite of wind and of rain, On its folds not a stain, Our flag shall untarnished forever remain, In peace or in war, from the first to the last, Dear country, speed on, with flag nailed to the mast. From Rhymings by Howard Wainwright, 1860. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.