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Thy peerless chivalry reveal,
And gird thy beauteous limbs with steel,
      Maryland, my Maryland!

Thou wilt not cower in the dust,
      Maryland!
Thy beaming sword shall never rust,
      Maryland!
Remember Carroll's sacred trust,
Remember Howard's warlike thrust,
And all thy slumberers with the just,
      Maryland, my Maryland!

Come! 'tis the red dawn of the day,
      Maryland!
Come with thy panoplied array,
      Maryland!
With Ringgold's spirit for the fray,
With Watson's blood at Monterey,
With fearless Lowe and dashing May,
      Maryland, my Maryland!

Dear Mother, burst the tyrant's chain,
      Maryland!
Virginia should not call in vain,
      Maryland!
She meets her sisters on the plain,—
"Sic semper!" 't is the proud refrain
That baffles minions back amain,
      Maryland!
Arise in majesty again,
      Maryland, my Maryland!