Careful Words

united (adj.)

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.

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.