“I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.”            ― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

Yayoi Kusama   The sea in the evening glow (Facing the imminent death)-夜中的大海（面對即將到來的死亡 

And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;

like, the Americans are being continuously bombarded by enemy artillery and they're finding something positive about it - it's providing illumination so they can see their flag still flying and that gives them hope and courage. It's kinda like the line attributed to Leonidas of Sparta about massed Persian arrows providing pleasant shade for fighting the battle of Thermopylae.

“I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.”            ― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida