 UNION, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate! We know what Master laid thy keel, What Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, What anvils...  Poetical Works - Page 126by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 656 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1851 - 786 pages
...state ! Sail on, O UNION, strong and great ! Humanity, with all its fears, With all its hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate ! We know...of thy hope ! Fear not each sudden sound and shock ! Tis of the wave, and not the rock ; Tis bnt the flapping of the sail And not a rent made by the gale... | |
 | 1824 - 706 pages
...your prayer be the inspired utterance of Longfellow. " Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O Union, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears,...of thy hope! Fear not each sudden sound and shock, 'Tis of the wave and not the rock; 'T is but the flapping of a sail, And not a rent made by the gale... | |
 | 1850 - 664 pages
...executed, concluding with a passage of singular force and sublimity. We cannot withhold it : — " Thou, too, sail on, 0 Ship of State ! Sail on, 0 UNION,...of thy hope ! Fear not each sudden sound and shock, Tis of the wave and not the rock ; Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale!... | |
 | 1850 - 642 pages
...lines will find now an echo in every patriotic heart. Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State ! Sail on, O UNION, strong and great ! Humanity with all its fears,...sound and shock, T is of the wave and not the rock ; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest... | |
 | Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society - 1846 - 510 pages
...what master laid thy keel, What workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mnst, each sail, each rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what...sound and shock 'T is of the wave, and not the rock ; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest... | |
 | 1850 - 818 pages
...Master laid thy keel, What workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and ropo, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge...of thy hope! Fear not each sudden sound and shock, Т is of the wave and not the rock ; Т is but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...of noble lives Something immortal still survives ! Thou too, sail on, O Ship of State ! Sail on, O UNION, strong and great ! Humanity with all its fears,...of thy hope ! Fear not each sudden sound and shock, 'Tis of the wave and not the rock • 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the... | |
 | 1851 - 608 pages
...state ! Sail on, О UNION, strong and great! Humanity, with all its fears, With all its hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate ! We know...of thy hope ! Fear not each sudden sound and shock ! 'Tis of the wave, and not the rock ; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail And not a rent make by the... | |
 | 1851 - 856 pages
...! Sail on, Ú UNION, strong and great ! Humanity, with all its fears, With all its hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate ! We know...of thy hope ! Fear not each sudden sound and shock ! Tis of the wave, and not the rock ; "1'is but the napping of the sail And not a rent made by the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1852 - 256 pages
...of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate ! We know what Master laid thy keel, What Workman wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and...shock, T Is of the wave and not the rock : T is but tlio flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rook and tempest's roar, In... | |
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