Hands Round

Starry Union Hands Round

See! see! see! where the sun is beaming! See! see! all ^see! how ^all the ^^bright stars, they are ^a- gleaming! ? ^{all the stars a-gleaming!} ? O See by day how the sun is beaming What the word ^charm of power unbroken? O what ? Columbia's What the Charm ^{word spell} of heavens own ^{ly God's ceaseless [illegible]n} token? Union all! O its Union all! ^{? O its hand in hand, & a Union of all} O its all for ⁱⁿ each & ^its each for ⁱⁿ all What Columbia's ? mystic ^{[illegible] friendliest} token‑ 'Tils the hands we take for the Union of all Herse's mine—give me thine—for the Union of all What Columbia's friendliest token? 'Tis the hands we take ^{All hands round} for the Union all! Here's mine—give me thine—for the Union all Stars of the sky ^{up above} in eternal lustre Stars of the earth ^States in a compact clustre Clasping, holding, earthward, heavenward Onward, on, Circling, circling, ^moving roundward & onward As our hands we grasp ^{All hands round} for the Union all Here's mine—give me thine—for the Union all   [begin leaf 1 verso]   [begin leaf 2 recto] Red, white, blue ^to in [torn away] eastward ^{[torn away], western} westward Red, white, blue, to the sou ^northern, southern ^{with the breezes waving} All including, ^combining, folding, loving, E Northward, Southward, Westward moving O its all hands round for the Union all! O its Union all Here's mine—give me thine—for the Union all O its all ^^for each—and each for al​ Ever O orbs, be it ^{Hand in hand linking clasping, holding,} ^^{clasping, circling} earthward, or heavenward! Onward! onward! onward! onward! Stars of ^for the sky in their eternal the eternal ^{an refulgent eternal} lustre Stars of ^{for here} the world ^^earth in the ^an endless ^a in a compact cluster Of Union all ^{Then our hands here we give} for the Union all! O its all for each ^{hand round}—and each for all! Ever orbs [no handwritten text supplied here] in Ever ^O Orbs of ^{to be it} [illegible] earthward ^a[illegible]   [begin leaf 2 verso]