I
The despot's heel is on thy shore, Maryland! His torch is at thy
temple door, Maryland! Avenge the patriotic gore That flecked the streets of
Baltimore, And be the battle queen of yore, Maryland! My Maryland!
II
Hark to an exiled son's appeal, Maryland! My mother state! To thee I
kneel Maryland! For life and death, for woe and weal, Thy peerless chivalry
reveal, And gird they beauteous limbs with steel, Maryland! My Maryland!
III
Thou wilt not cower in the dust, Maryland! Thy beaming sword shall
never rust, Maryland! Remember Carroll's sacred trust, Remember Howard's
warlike thrust, -- And all thy slumberers with the just, Maryland! My
Maryland!
IV
Come! `tis the red dawn of the day, Maryland! Come with thy panoplied
array, Maryland! With Ringgold's spirit for the fray, With Watson's blood at
Monterey, With fearless Lowe and dashing May, Maryland! My Maryland!
V
Come! For thy shield is bright and strong, Maryland! Come for thy
dalliance does thee wrong, Maryland! Come to thine own heroic throng Stalking
with Liberty along, And chaunt thy dauntless slogan song, Maryland! My
Maryland!
VI
Dear Mother! burst the tyrant's chain, Maryland! Virginia should not
call in vain, Maryland! She meets her sisters on the plain -- "Sic semper!"
'tis the proud refrain That baffles minions back again, Maryland! Arise in
majesty again, Maryland! My Maryland!
VII
I see the blush upon thy cheek, Maryland! For thou wast ever bravely
meek, Maryland! But lo! There surges forth a shriek From hill to hill, from
creek to creek - Potomac calls to Chesapeake, Maryland! My Maryland!
VIII
Thou wilt not yield the Vandal toll, Maryland! Thou wilt not crook
to his control, Maryland! Better the fire upon thee roll, Better the blade, the
shot, the bowl, Than crucifixion of the soul, Maryland! My Maryland!
IX
I hear the distant thunder-hum, Maryland! The Old Line's bugle, fife,
and drum, Maryland! She is not dead, nor deaf, nor dumb -- Huzza! she spurns
the Northern scum! She breathes! she burns! she'll come! she'll come! Maryland!
My Maryland! |
I
WE DEDICATE OUR SONG TO THEE, MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND, THE HOME OF
LIGHT AND LIBERTY, MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND, WE LOVE THY STREAMS AND WOODED HILLS,
THY MOUNTAINS WITH THEIR GUSHING RILLS, THY SCENES -- OUR HEART WITH RAPTURE
FILLS -- MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND.
II
IN TWAIN THE CHESAPEAKE DIVIDES MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND, WHILE
OCEANWARD ITS WATER GLIDES, MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND. YET WE IN THOUGHT AND
PURPOSE ONE, PURSUE THE WORK SO WELL BEGUN, AND MAY OUR STATE BE NE'ER OUTDONE,
MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND.
III
PROUD SONS AND DAUGHTERS BOAST OF THEE, MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND. THINE
IS A PRECIOUS HISTORY, MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND. BRAVE HEARTS HAVE HELD THY HONOR
DEAR, HAVE MET THE FOEMAN FAR AND NEAR, BUT VICTORY HAS FURNISHED CHEER,
MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND.
IV
"SAIL ON, SAIL ON, O SHIP OF STATE!" MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND.
MAY WE, THY CHILDREN, MAKE THEE GREAT, MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND. MAY GRATITUDE OUR
HEARTS POSSESS, AND BOLDLY WE THY CLAIMS EXPRESS, AND BOW IN LOVING
THANKFULNESS, MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND.
(Source: Md. Senate Bill 19) |
