RNS Quote of the Day 5/9

In the conflict resistless, each toil they endured,
     ‘Till their foes fled dismayed from the war’s desolation:
And pale beamed the Crescent, its splendor obscured
     By the light of the Star Spangled flag of our nation.
Where each radiant star gleamed a meteor of war,
And the turbaned heads bowed to its terrible glare,
Now, mixed with the olive, the laurel shall wave,
And form a bright wreath for the brows of the brave. 

–Francis Scott Key, from the poem that became The Star-Spangled Banner.

h/t: Volokh.