persist'ed, continued.
crip'ples, those who have lost the use of a limb.
merged, united; joined.
stal'wart, strong; powerful.
in'nocent, harmless.
pass'port, what enables one to go in safety.
gal'lant, brave; noble.
riv'en, taken away; deprived.
UNITED AT LAST.
"O mother! What do they mean by blue?
And what do they mean by gray?"
Was heard from the lips of a little child
As she bounded in from play.
The mother's eyes filled up with tears;
She turned to her darling fair,
And smoothed away from the sunny brow
Its treasure of golden hair.