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Show Class B-l Serious Poetry - Bicentennial Special "AMONG THE FOWERS OF EARTH" The Constitution of the United States May 5 - September 28, 1787 "We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union ... ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States of America." Dip the pen in indelible ink Write upon the parchment of time Shape the script of centuries. Write, write with the diligent pen For the words will last for ages And may never be written again. The delegates had come from the South, From New England's mountains and the arrogant shore, From Pennsylvania's rolling hills and the rivers; From spacious farmlands, the cities and harbors, From the edge of the Atlantic, north and south. Freedom's wind at the door Liberty's light at the window. Americans composing a document, shaping the tablets of law. They had not seen the vast prairies The beginnings of strange rivers The rim of the Rockies, the dark line of the Sierras - continued on page 2 |