Following Orders

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

O! say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming.
Whose broad stripes and bright cross through the perilous fight,
O'er the sands we watched were so gallantly streaming.
And the relentless sun's red glare, the arrows filling the air,
Gave proof through the night that our Beausant was still there.
Oh, say does that cross covered banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the cross covered banner! Oh long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more!
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the Saracen and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the cross covered banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

O! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just and not just a story,
And this be our motto: ' Not To Us O Lord Not To Us But To Your Name Give Glory.'
And the cross covered banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

[Sir William Marcus]

 OMG my brother...That was beautiful!!!!

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

I have my plagiaristic moments.....

[Femme Falchion]

By the Lady Templar, the Muses are with you.  Are these your words? (Hidden bardic talents)

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

No, those are the actual frame work of the Star Spangled Banner, with the appropriate changes made for historical accuracy.

[Femme Falchion]

yes, I recognized the anatomy of the verse (just wanted to reassure you...unless than was a passive jab)

[Lady Christina de Pond]

Rofl geeeee wizzzz monks plagerizing what will happen next?

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Rofl geeeee wizzzz monks plagerizing what will happen next?

I prefer to think of it as Theologically Divine Priviledge.  Why struggle on something that might not sound right, when you can use something that works already with a minor modification here or there. Plus it's a nice blurring of the line between church and the states.....lol!

[Lady Christina de Pond]

 ;DI've been know to "edit" a song or two before

[Sir William Marcus]

Why..that sounds like a confession??

[Lady Christina de Pond]

  who where Confess? what?

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Why..that sounds like a confession??

Well done Brother! One always loves a good confession! 

[Sir William Marcus]

Allow me to add a little color to this scenario as 'Buckaroo Christina' edges closer to redemption.

[Lady Christina de Pond]

  i confess to no man

[Femme Falchion]

Lady Christina

thankfully the Goddess does not require confessions but she is all around you should you need a good confessional palaver