Which of these phrases opens the second verse of “The Star-Spangled Banner”?

Correct answer: On the shore, dimly seen...

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Meliora
Meliora
Another reason to show respect for the National Anthem. It states the land of the free and home of the brave, not the color of our skin.
Cizinka
Cizinka
the name of the poem was "The Defence of Fort McHenry" not "The Defiance..."
Byrde Alpha Bitch
Byrde Alpha Bitch
CyanJaguar62, The original 4 stanza version that Francis Scott Key penned has no mention of slavery within it. The controversial 5th verse you are referring to was written a century later by another author, Oliver Wendell Holmes.