'A song for our banner?'--The watchword recall <br />Which gave the Republic her station: <br />'United we stand--divided we fall!'-- <br />It made and preserves us a nation! <br />The union of lakes--the union of lands-- <br />The union of States none can sever-- <br />The union of hearts--the union of hands-- <br />And the Flag of the Union for ever <br />And ever! <br />The Flag of our Union for ever! <br /> <br />What God in his mercy and wisdom designed, <br />And armed with his weapons of thunder, <br />Not all the earth's despots and factions combined <br />Have the power to conquer or sunder! <br />The union of lakes--the union of lands-- <br />The union of states none can sever-- <br />The union of hearts--the union of hands-- <br />And the Flag of the Union for ever <br />And ever! <br />The Flag of our Union for ever! <br /> <br />Oh, keep that flag flying!--The pride of the van! <br />To all other nations display it! <br />The ladies for union are all to a--MAN! <br />But not to the man who'd betray it. <br />Then the union of lakes--the union of lands-- <br />The union of states none can sever-- <br />The union of hearts--the union of hands-- <br />And the Flag of the Union for ever <br />And ever! <br />The Flag of our Union for ever!<br /><br />George Pope Morris<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-flag-of-our-union/
