Audacity_Poem+2

**This is my recitation for the second poem:**
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After listening to this recording, I found the lack of patriotic emotion in my voice. So that, I need to practice again.

** Flag of the Free ** ** by Walter Taylor Field **

Look at the flag as it floats on high, Streaming aloft in the clear, blue sky, Rippling, leaping, tugging away, Gay as the sunshine, bright as the day, Throbbing with life, where the world may see- Flag of our country, flag of the free! What do we see in the flag on high, That we bare our heads as it passes by, That we thrill with pride, our hearts beat fast, And we cheer and cheer as the flag goes past- The flag that waves for you and me- Flag of our country, flag of the free?

We see in the flag a nation's might. The pledge of a safeguard day and night, <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px;">Of a watchful eye and a powerful arm <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px;">That guard the nation's homes from harm. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px;">Of a strong defense on land and sea- <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px;">Flag of our country, flag of the free! <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px;">We see in the flag a union grand, <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px;">A brotherhood of heart and hand, <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px;">A pledge of love and a stirring call <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px;">To live our lives for the good of us all- <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px;">Helpful and just and true to thee, <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px;">Flag of our country, flag of the free! <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px;">. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px;">. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px;">. .......