"considered part of the line, phrase, or section which came before, if any. In poetry, a set of extrametrical syllables at the beginning of a verse is said to stand in anacrusis ( ""pushing up""). ""An extrametrical prelude to the verse,"" or, ""extrametrical unstressed syllables preceding the initial lift."" The technique is seen in Old English poetry, and in lines of iambic pentameter, the technique applies a variation on the typical pentameter line causing it to appear at first glance as trochaic. The ""O!"" in the opening of ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" (""Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early"
"Wendell Holmes, Sr. added a fifth stanza to the song in 1861, which appeared in songbooks of the era. In a version hand-written by Francis Scott Key in 1840, the third line reads ""Whose bright stars and broad stripes, through the clouds of the fight"". In honour of the 1986 rededication of the Statue of Liberty, Sandi Patty wrote her version of an additional verse to the anthem. Several films have their titles taken from the song's lyrics. These include two films titled ""Dawn's Early Light"" (2000 and 2005); two made-for-TV features titled ""By Dawn's Early Light"" (1990 and 2000);"
"Oj, svijetla majska zoro ""Oj, svijetla majska zoro"" (Montenegrin Cyrillic: „Ој, свијетла мајска зоро”, lit. """"Oh, bright dawn of May"""") is the national anthem of Montenegro adopted in 2004. Before its adoption, it was a popular folk song with many variations of its text. The oldest one is dated to the 2nd half of the 19th century, known as ""Oh, Bright Dawn of Heroism, oh!"", a popular Montenegrin folk song. Although those are the official lyrics, a lot of verses are repeated in order to follow the rhythmic composition. To sing it properly, one must follow the text like this:"
"and work for that bright day When o'er earth's habitations No war, no strife shall hold its sway Who long to see That all men free No more shall foes, but neighbours be!</poem> <br> ""And a more literal translation:"" May all peoples thrive<br> That yearn (desiderium) to see the day<br> When wheresoever the Sun walks,<br> strife shall be banished from the world.<br> When every kinsman<br> shall be free<br> And not a devil but a neighbor shall the adjoining-land's dweller be!^ Historically, the national anthem from 1860 until the beginning of the 1990s, was ""Naprej, zastava slave"" (""Forward, Flag of Glory""),"
"song has been one of the several versions proposed in 1993 during the first discussion on the official anthem, however, on which there was no consensus because of the disputed melodic value. Oj, svijetla majska zoro ""Oj, svijetla majska zoro"" (Montenegrin Cyrillic: „Ој, свијетла мајска зоро”, lit. """"Oh, bright dawn of May"""") is the national anthem of Montenegro adopted in 2004. Before its adoption, it was a popular folk song with many variations of its text. The oldest one is dated to the 2nd half of the 19th century, known as ""Oh, Bright Dawn of Heroism, oh!"", a popular Montenegrin"
"Anthems<br> Heavenly Dance<br> ""Here, O My Lord""<br> ""How Can I Keep from Singing""<br> ""How Clear Is Our Vocation, Lord""<br> ""I Am Resurrection""<br> ""I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say""<br> ""I Saw Three Ships""<br> ""In Remembrance"" (1990)<br> ""In the Bleak Mid-winter""<br> ""Infant Holy""<br> ""Jerusalem, Jerusalem""<br> ""Jerusalem, My Happy Home""<br> ""Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head""<br> Joseph's Lullaby<br> ""Lord, Enthroned in Heavenly Splendor""<br> Lullaby<br> ""Mary Said Yes""<br> ""Midnight Clear""<br> Miriam Dances at the Red Sea<br> A Neo-gothic Carol: ""Ave Mary""<br> A Neo-gothic Carol: ""To Us this Morn""<br> ""O God of Gentle Strength""<br> ""O Gracious Light"" (after Arnatt)<br> ""O Gracious Light"" <br> ""The Peace"
"I Saw the Light (Todd Rundgren song) ""I Saw the Light"" is the opening track from Todd Rundgren's 1972 ""Something/Anything?"" double album. In the liner notes to ""Something/Anything?"", Rundgren states that he intended the song to be the hit of the album, and copied the Motown tradition of putting hit songs at the beginning of albums. The song peaked at #15 in Canada, #16 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100, and at #12 on the Easy Listening chart. ""Billboard"" ranked it as the No. 88 song for 1972. On the U.S. ""Cash Box"" Top 100, it reached number 11. Overseas,"
"an actual American flag, or implicitly through the use of its colors red, white and blue. In addition to the waving American flags, best visible when shot from a distance. On several occasions, the presence of the flag is emphasized through the use of close-ups in connection to the words Whitney Houston sings. When she sings, ""...see, by the dawn's early light,"" a close-up of an American flag dissolves in and out of the close-up of Houston. Houston does not leave the frame, but for a second, the image of American flag is transparently placed over her image. At the"
"the flesh, we do not war after the flesh."" The line in the chorus about blindness appears to be influenced by a passage from the Gospel of John in which the blind man healed by Jesus proclaims that ""Whereas I was blind, now I can see."" The opening line of the chorus may be taken from the Book of Isaiah 9:1, which states ""The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelled in the land of the shadow of death, light has dawned."" It also recalls the chorus from Dylan's earlier song ""I Shall Be"
"notable artists to perform the national anthem. In nearly all cases, they would be backed by the Purdue Band. In 1983, James A. Hubert flubbed the lyrics. He omitted the line """"O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?"""" and instead repeated the second line """"What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming"""", stumbling on the word ""twilight"" the second time around. After the national anthem is performed, the public address announcer or the grand marshal gives the command ""Drivers, to your cars!"" In 2001, Steven Tyler of Aerosmith caused a controversy after he changed the lyrics"
"are void and vast, high and cloudless;<br> the bright moon is like our heart, undivided and true. With this spirit and this mind, let us give all loyalty,<br> in suffering or joy, to love our nation. Aegukga ""Aegukga"" (, ), often translated as ""The Patriotic Song"", is the national anthem of South Korea. It was adopted in 1948, the year the country was founded. Its music was composed in the 1930s and its lyrics date back to the 1890s. The lyrics of ""Aegukga"" were originally set to the music of the Scottish song ""Auld Lang Syne"" before Ahn Eak-tai composed"
"Aegukka ""Aegukka"" (Chosŏn'gŭl: 애국가, ) officially translated as the ""Patriotic Song"" is the national anthem of North Korea. It was composed in 1945 as a patriotic song celebrating independence from Imperial Japanese occupation and was adopted as the state anthem in 1947. ""Aegukka"" is a Romanized transliteration of ""The Patriotic Song""; the song is also known by its incipit ""Ach'imŭn pinnara"" or ""Let Morning Shine"" or alternatively as the ""Song of a Devotion to a Country"". The ""Encyclopedia of Korean Culture"" defines ""Aegukka"" as ""the song to wake up the mind to love the country"". ""Aegukka"" in itself is differentiated"
"The following is the oldest known version of the anthem, known as: ""Oh, Bright Dawn of Heroism, oh!"" (""""Oj, Junaštva Svjetla Zoro, oj!""""). It was played in public for the first time in 1863 in the national theater in Belgrade. It was a component song of the ""Battle of Grahovo or blood feud in Montenegro"" (Бој на Грахову или крвна освета у Црној Гори) heroic play in three parts. The play and the Montenegrin folk song was also played/sung in the National Theater again in 1870 and 1876. Its first record in Montenegro itself dates to 1887, when it was"
"Guard facilities, the flag is generally raised at 0800 (8 am) while ""The Star Spangled Banner"" or the bugle call ""To the Colors"" is played. On some U.S. military bases, ""Reveille"" is accompanied by a cannon shot. In Commonwealth Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday services, ""The Last Post"" begins the period of silent reflection, and ""Reveille"" ends it. The two tunes symbolize sunset and sunrise respectively, and therefore, death and resurrection. (""Reveille"" is often replaced by ""The Rouse"", a bugle call commonly mistaken for ""Reveille"", although these are actually two different tunes.) Winston Churchill had ""Last Post"" sounded at his"
"I'm Beginning to See the Light ""I'm Beginning to See the Light"" is a popular song and jazz standard, written by Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, and Harry James, and published in 1944. Ella Fitzgerald and the Ink Spots featuring Bill Kenny recorded a version in 1945, that was on the pop song hits list for six weeks in 1945, reaching #5. A competing 1945 recording by Harry James and his Orchestra, with lead vocal by Kitty Kallen reached #1 for two weeks in January of that year. James' version of the song reached #7 on Billboard's Second Annual"
"Koit (song) Koit (Estonian: ""Dawn"") is a song by Tõnis Mägi, made popular during the Estonian Singing Revolution. It is often seen as Mägi's signature song. The song is a protest song, promoting the aims of Estonians looking to secede from the Soviet Union. The lyric is quite allusive, with references to a ""new dawn"" breaking. The final lines, however, make Mägi's point explicit, as he sings (in translation): ""Land, land of my fathers, so sacred a land"" ""Which must now be free"" ""Our song, our song of freedom will sound"" ""And you will see a free Estonia."" The song"
"Battle Hymn of the Republic The ""Battle Hymn of the Republic"", also known as ""Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory"" outside of the United States, is a lyric by the American writer Julia Ward Howe using the music from the song ""John Brown's Body"". Howe's more famous lyrics were written in November 1861 and first published in ""The Atlantic Monthly"" in February 1862. The song links the judgment of the wicked at the end of the age (Old Testament, Isaiah 63; New Testament, Revelation 19) with the American Civil War. Since that time, it has become an extremely popular and"
"said-""I remember seeing you lift your beautiful black head, stand squarely on your feet, your lips trembling as the melodious words 'Over my head, I see freedom in the air' came forth with an urgency and a pain that brought out a sense of intense renewal and commitment of liberation. And when the call came to protest the jailings, you were up front. You led the line. Your feet hit the dirty pavement with a sureness of direction. You walked proudly onward singing 'this little light of mine, 'and the people echoed, 'shine, shine, shine.'"" In 1974, Reagon was appointed"
"The Star-Spangled Banner ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" is the national anthem of the United States. The lyrics come from the Defence of Fort M'Henry, a poem written on September 14, 1814, by the then 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by British ships of the Royal Navy in Baltimore Harbor during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. Key was inspired by the large U.S. flag, with 15 stars and 15 stripes, known as the Star-Spangled Banner, flying triumphantly above the fort during the U.S. victory. The poem was set"
"crew; The red and white and starry blue Is freedom's shield and hope. Let eagle shriek from lofty peak The never-ending watchword of our land; Let summer breeze waft through the trees The echo of the chorus grand. Sing out for liberty and light, Sing out for freedom and the right. Sing out for Union and its might, O patriotic sons. [""Second strain""] Other nations may deem their flags the best And cheer them with fervid elation But the flag of the North and South and West Is the flag of flags, the flag of Freedom's nation. (repeats) Other nations"
"making Natanya to date the 2nd youngest NDP theme song singer after Shanice Nathan (who was then 7 when she sang the 2004 theme song, ""Home""). On the 12 July 2012, it was officially announced and released in a press conference at Gardens by the Bay. Olivia gave her comment on the song, stating that """"Love At First Light"" is about the determination of Singaporeans in a young nation, (and how they) are trying to build their dreams and goals."". The video, which was sponsored by the Defence Science and Technology Agency, is directed by Aaron Tan. It takes viewers"
"Star Light, Star Bright ""Star Light, Star Bright"" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 16339. The lyrics usually conform to the following: The superstition of hoping for wishes granted when seeing a shooting or falling star may date back to the ancient world. Wishing on the first star seen may also predate this rhyme, which first began to be recorded in late nineteenth-century America. The song and tradition seem to have reached Britain by the early twentieth century and have since spread worldwide. ""Star Light, Star Bright"" is found in Madonna's"
"accompanied by patriotic songs such as the national anthem, ""The Star-Spangled Banner""; ""God Bless America""; ""America the Beautiful""; ""My Country, 'Tis of Thee""; ""This Land Is Your Land""; ""Stars and Stripes Forever""; and, regionally, ""Yankee Doodle"" in northeastern states and ""Dixie"" in southern states. Some of the lyrics recall images of the Revolutionary War or the War of 1812. Firework shows are held in many states, and many fireworks are sold for personal use or as an alternative to a public show. Safety concerns have led some states to ban fireworks or limit the sizes and types allowed. In addition,"
"Love at First Light ""Love at First Light"" is a song by Singaporean artiste, Olivia Ong and child actress, Natanya Tan. Written by Paul Tan and composed by Iskandar Ismail, it was officially commissioned as the official theme song to the 2012 national day parade of Singapore, together with the 1995 National Day Parade song, My People, My Home which was reused for National Day in 2012. On the 9 August, the song was performed twice. Once by the combined school-choir and later by the duo themselves in a techno pop version. The techno pop version was incorporated into a"
"and our spirit have rebirth! The early morning sun will brighten our day, And yesterday with our foe will fade away, But if the sun delays and in the east remains, This song as motto generations must remain. This song was written with our blood and not with lead, It's not a little tune that birds sing overhead, This song a people sang amid collapsing walls, With pistols in hand they heeded to the call. So never say that there is only death for you, Though leaden skies may be concealing days of blue. Because the hour we have hungered"
"Hymn of the Republic"" ""(Verse)"" ""We're the mighty Eagles""<br> ""And we always battle through""<br> ""The mighty flying Eagles""<br> ""Wearing Gold and Green and Blue""<br> ""Sound the Siren, turn us loose""<br> ""And watch the Feathers fly""<br> ""And you'll see what we can do"" ""(Chorus)"" ""We're the mighty flying Eagles""<br> ""We're the mighty flying Eagles""<br> ""We're the mighty flying Eagles""<br> ""In Gold and Green and Blue"" ""(Home Run)"" ""In Gold and Green and Blue"" ""italics"" current coach ""italics"" current captain<br> <nowiki>*</nowiki> Premiership Captain (Justin Cicolella was acting captain for the 2006 Premiership) Presented to best on ground for South Australia in a"
"action and re-creating itself for the better in the process using examples such as the Great Depression and the Civil War. As the first President elected in the post–Cold War era, Clinton stressed the importance of renewal for America, and hinted that he would work to make positive change in America. ""The Star Spangled Banner"", the American national anthem and ""God Bless America"", an American patriotic song, were both played following Clinton's address. The full speech can be read in section 4. After Clinton's inaugural address, Maya Angelou recited her poem ""On the Pulse of Morning"". The poem, which Angelou"
"be used for official occasions until 1980, when Parliament changed the lyrics upon statutory adoption of ""O Canada"" as the national anthem (still with no change to the original French lyrics): <poem>O Canada! Our home and native land! True patriot love in all thy sons command. With glowing hearts we see thee rise, The True North strong and free! From far and wide, O Canada, We stand on guard for thee. God keep our land glorious and free! O Canada, We stand on guard for thee. O Canada, We stand on guard for thee.</poem> On February 7, 2018, legislation that"
"fourth. A version sung in the UK goes Battle Hymn of the Republic The ""Battle Hymn of the Republic"", also known as ""Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory"" outside of the United States, is a lyric by the American writer Julia Ward Howe using the music from the song ""John Brown's Body"". Howe's more famous lyrics were written in November 1861 and first published in ""The Atlantic Monthly"" in February 1862. The song links the judgment of the wicked at the end of the age (Old Testament, Isaiah 63; New Testament, Revelation 19) with the American Civil War. Since that"
"hymn-singing gathering led by Rev. Ernest C. Carter, shortly before the ocean liner struck an iceberg on April 14, 1912. The hymn was also sung aboard one of the ""Titanic""'s lifeboats when the rescue ship ""Carpathia"" was sighted the following morning. It was suggested by one of the occupants, Noëlle, Countess of Rothes. ""Lead, Kindly Light"" was sung by British troops to the accompaniment of nearby artillery fire on the Western Front during the First World War at services held before going into the trenches the following day. ""Lead, Kindly Light"" is also the motto for the Cambridge High School,"
"in the next verse: ""I'm up and down the Westway, in an' out the lights What a great traffic system – it's so bright I can't think of a better way to spend the night Than speeding around underneath the yellow lights"" The song alludes to the boredom of TV and may also reflect the racial theme often treated by the band, notably in the first verse with the line: ""Black or white turn it on, face the new religion"". The song's name came from popular nursery rhyme about the Great Fire of London (1666). It was first recorded at"
"law, there are no official translations of the anthem."" Deșteaptă-te, române! ""Deșteaptă-te, române!"" (variously translated as “Awaken thee, Romanian!”, “Awaken, Romanian!”, or “Wake up, Romanian!”) is the national anthem of Romania. The lyrics were composed by Andrei Mureșanu (1816–1863) and the music was popular (it was chosen for the poem by Gheorghe Ucenescu, as most sources say). It was written and published during the 1848 revolution, initially with the name “Un răsunet” (). It was first sung in late June in the same year in the city of Brașov, on the streets of Șchei quarter. It was immediately accepted as"
"the sun’s hour of rest;"" ""The lights of evening round us shine;"" ""We hymn the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit divine!"" ""Worthiest art Thou at all times to be sung"" ""With undefiled tongue,"" ""Son of our God, Giver of life, alone:"" ""Therefore in all the world Thy glories, Lord, they own."" ""O gladsome light, O grace"" ""Of God the Father's face,"" ""The eternal splendour wearing;"" ""Celestial, holy, blest,"" ""Our Saviour Jesus Christ,"" ""Joyful in thine appearing."" ""Now, ere day fadeth quite,"" ""We see the evening light,"" ""Our wonted hymn outpouring;"" ""Father of might unknown,"" ""Thee, his incarnate Son,"" ""And Holy"