I've tried to look up the words that I don't know the meaning of but, it still doesn't make sense to me!. Could anyone reword each line so I could have a better understanding of it!? Thanks!.
F stands for Fugitives hasting from wrath,
And furies are hot on their dangerous path!.
Away from the cabins of slavery pomp,
A refuge they seek in the hideous swamp;
Or, haply eluding the hunters of blood,
They struggle through the thicket and perilous flood,
Till, reaching the lines of the Union Host,
The echo has died of the scandalous boast,
"Hurra for the banner that Liberty waves,
"With stars for the Masters and stripes for the Slaves!"
This is from an alphabet book written the time of the Civil War!. These alphabet books taught kids about the, well, alphabet!.
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