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.

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

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

Unity to be real must stand the severest strain without breaking.

Unity to be real must stand the severest strain without breaking.

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.

We must all hang together or assuredly we shall all hang
separately.

We must all hang together or assuredly we shall all hang
separately.

Then join in hand, brave Americans all!
By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.

Then join in hand, brave Americans all!
By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.

The Constitution in all its provisions looks to an indestructible
union disposed of indestructible States.

The Constitution in all its provisions looks to an indestructible
union disposed of indestructible States.

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell
together in unity!

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell
together in unity!

The universal subjugator, the commonplace.
[Ger., Was uns alle bandigt, das Gemeine.]

The universal subjugator, the commonplace.
[Ger., Was uns alle bandigt, das Gemeine.]