THE RAINBOW OF PROMISE

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

In the face of the sun are great thunderbolts hurled,

And the storm-clouds have shut out its light;

But a Rainbow of Promise now shines on the world,

And the universe thrills at the sight.

‘ Tis the flag of our Union, the red, white, and blue,

Our Star-spangled Banner — our pride;

Fair symbol of all that is noble and true,

Flung out over continents wide.

Flung out in its glory o'er land and o'er sea,

With a message from God in each star;

And a glorious promise of peace yet to be

In the fluttering folds of each bar.

A Rainbow of Promise, bright emblem of hope,

Fair flag of each cause that is just;

No longer in doubt or in darkness we grope -

In the Star-spangled Banner we trust.