Which line completes the Star Spangled Banner II excerpt: ‘O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave’?

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Which line completes the Star Spangled Banner II excerpt: ‘O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave’?

That line is the concluding line of the Star-Spangled Banner’s first verse. In the standard lyrics, after the line that asks whether that star-spangled banner yet waves, the verse ends with the exact same phrase: “O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.” So the natural completion is to repeat that line exactly as it appears, matching the song’s cadence and closing the verse. The other options either come earlier in the verse, present phrases not part of the lyric, or are motto-like phrases unrelated to the anthem.

That line is the concluding line of the Star-Spangled Banner’s first verse. In the standard lyrics, after the line that asks whether that star-spangled banner yet waves, the verse ends with the exact same phrase: “O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.” So the natural completion is to repeat that line exactly as it appears, matching the song’s cadence and closing the verse. The other options either come earlier in the verse, present phrases not part of the lyric, or are motto-like phrases unrelated to the anthem.

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