And the spell it gave to the stricken slave

Was in one strong word—“Unite.”

Ho! ho! ho! etc.

Though the wind howl free o’er a single tree

Till it bends beneath its frown—

For many a day it will howl away

Ere a forest be stricken down.

Ho! ho! ho! etc.

By the martyred dead, who for Freedom bled,

By all that man deems divine,