Careful Words

divided (adj.)

  If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

New Testament: Mark iii. 25.

I do perceive here a divided duty.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Othello. Act i. Sc. 3.

He is the half part of a blessed man,

Left to be finished by such as she;

And she a fair divided excellence,

Whose fulness of perfection lies in him.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King John. Act ii. Sc. 1.

  Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided.

Old Testament: 2 Samuel i. 23.

United yet divided, twain at once:

So sit two kings of Brentford on one throne.

William Cowper (1731-1800): The Task. Book i. The Sofa. Line 77.

A song for our banner! The watchword recall

Which gave the Republic her station:

"United we stand, divided we fall!"

It made and preserves us a nation!

The union of lakes, the union of lands,

The union of States none can sever,

The union of hearts, the union of hands,

And the flag of our Union forever!

George P Morris (1802-1864): The Flag of our Union.