"The Warriors Return"

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.

Poem penned by Francis Scott Key in 1805 to celebrate the return of Stephen Decatur from the Barbary wars. Set to the tune of "To Anecreon in Heaven" which Key also set "The Star Spangled Banner" to in 1814.