Francis Scott Key

Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The pledge should be rendered by standing with the right hand over the heart. However,...

Preface This collection, although it covers a period of three centuries, has virtually three-quarters of its space devoted to the poetry of the Tv/entieth. Further, more poets of the Twentieth Century than of the entire preceding time are represented. For, in tlie last fifty-five years, American...