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The lyrics come from "Defence of Fort McHenry", a poem written in 1814
The lyrics come from "Defence of Fort McHenry", a poem written in 1814 by the 35-year-old amateur poet Francis Scott Key after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by Royal Navy ships in Chesapeake Bay during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812.
"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States of America. The lyrics come from "Defence of Fort McHenry",[1] a poem written in 1814 by the 35-year-old amateur poet Francis Scott Key after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by Royal Navy ships in Chesapeake Bay during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812.
The poem "Manhunt" by Simon Armitage was written in 2007.
1990
The poem "Blink Your Eyes" was written by Sekou Sundiata in 1995.
"Ishmael Reed Beware Do Not Read This Poem" was written in 1968.
The poem was not written in 2013. It was published in the book "Propa Propaganda" in 1996, and may have been written earlier than that.
The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States of America. The lyrics come from "Defence of Fort McHenry", a poem written in 1814 by the 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet, Francis Scott Key.The poem was set to the tune of a popular British drinking song, written by John Stafford Smith for the Anacreon Society, a men's social club in London.
"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States of America. The lyrics come from "Defence of Fort McHenry",[1] a poem written in 1814 by the 35-year-old amateur poet Francis Scott Key after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by Royal Navy ships in Chesapeake Bay during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812.I just copied and pasted from wikipedia, but it's accurate