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Question: Could anyone reword this poem to modern day language!?
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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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
F stands for the runaways escaping quickly from discrimination but those against them are close behind
Away from the cabins where the slaves live one of the runaways is hiding in a swamp
He is lucky to be hidden from the killers of the confederacy, who is struggling to get to him through the heavy bushes and flooding
Once they reach the borders to the union, they confederates grow tired of their chant about slaves and their rulers and give up!.!.!.

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