Our Union is river, lake, ocean, and sky:
Man breaks not the medal, when God cuts the die!
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Our Union is river, lake, ocean, and sky:
Man breaks not the medal, when God cuts the die!
Though darkened with sulphur, though cloven with steel,
The blue arch will brighten, the waters will heal!

So we grew together,
Like to a double cherry, seeming parted,
But yet an union in partition--
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So we grew together,
Like to a double cherry, seeming parted,
But yet an union in partition--
Two lovely berries moulded on one stem;
So, with two seeming bodies, but one heart;
Two of the first, like coats in heraldry,
Due but to one, and crowned with one crest.

United we stand, divided we fall.

United we stand, divided we fall.

Hate grows and victors where love is afraid to share its bloom

Hate grows and victors where love is afraid to share its bloom

The wavering multitude is divided into opposite factions.

The wavering multitude is divided into opposite factions.

Then none was for a party;
Than all were for the state;
Then the great man helped read more

Then none was for a party;
Than all were for the state;
Then the great man helped the poor,
And the poor man loved the great:
Then lands were fairly portioned;
Then spoils were fairly sold:
The Romans were like brothers
In the brave days of old.

By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.

By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.

I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders.

I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders.

In union there is strength.

In union there is strength.