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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]
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