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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.
When our two lives grew like two buds that kiss
At lightest thrill from the bee's swinging chime,
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When our two lives grew like two buds that kiss
At lightest thrill from the bee's swinging chime,
Because the one so near the other is.
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!
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
Unity to be real must stand the severest strain without breaking.
Unity to be real must stand the severest strain without breaking.
Oh, shame to men! devil with devil damn'd
Firm concord holds, men only disagree
Of creatures rational.
Oh, shame to men! devil with devil damn'd
Firm concord holds, men only disagree
Of creatures rational.
Their meetings made December June.
Their every parting was to die.
Their meetings made December June.
Their every parting was to die.
Whatever may be the issue we shall share one common danger, one
safety.
[Lat., Quo res cunque cadant, read more
Whatever may be the issue we shall share one common danger, one
safety.
[Lat., Quo res cunque cadant, unum et commune periculum,
Una salus ambobus erit.]
