Over the Carnage Rose Prophetic a Voice
OVER THE CARNAGE ROSE PROPHETIC
A VOICE.
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OVER the carnage rose prophetic a voice,
Be not dishearten'd—Affection shall solve the problems of Freedom yet; Those who love each other shall become invincible—
they shall yet make Columbia victorious. 2Sons of the Mother of All! you shall yet be victo-
rious! You shall yet laugh to scorn the attacks of all the re-
mainder of the earth. 3No danger shall balk Columbia's lovers; If need be, a thousand shall sternly immolate themselves
for one. 4One from Massachusetts shall be a Missourian's com-
rade; From Maine and from hot Carolina, and another an Ore-
gonese, shall be friends triune, More precious to each other than all the riches of the
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5To Michigan, Florida perfumes shall tenderly come;
Not the perfumes of flowers, but sweeter, and wafted beyond death. 6It shall be customary in the houses and streets to see
manly affection; The most dauntless and rude shall touch face to face
lightly; The dependence of Liberty shall be lovers, The continuance of Equality shall be comrades. 7These shall tie you and band you stronger than hoops
of iron; I, extatic, O partners! O lands! with the love of lovers
tie you. 8Were you looking to be held together by the lawyers? Or by an agreement on a paper? or by arms? —Nay—nor the world, nor any living thing, will so
cohere.