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The despot's heel is on thy shore, Maryland! His torch is at thy temple-door, Maryland! Avenge the patriotic gore That flecked the streets of Baltimore, And be the battle-queen of yore, Maryland, my Maryland!

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  1. My Maryland.
  2. Hushed in the alabaster arms of Death Our young Marcellus sleeps.
  3. John Pelham.
  4. Gentlest and bravest in the battle-brunt- The Champion of the Truth- He bore his banner to the very front Of our immortal youth.

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