 Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O 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...  Poems - Page 127by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1901Full 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
...undivided country, from sea to sea ! And let your prayer be the inspired utterance of Longfellow. " Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O Union,...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
...force and sublimity. We cannot withhold it : — " Thou, too, sail on, 0 Ship of State ! Sail on, 0 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 gale!... | |
 | 1850 - 642 pages
...could have been suggested by it. The concluding lines will find now an echo in every patriotic heart. Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State ! Sail on, O UNION,...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 - 618 pages
...and great! Humanity with all ils fears, With all the hope of future years, Is banging breathless ou thy fate ; We know what master laid thy keel, What...what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope." They will cheer on this noble ship; they will stand by this Constitution ; they will adhere to this... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1850 - 622 pages
...breathless on thy fate ; We know what master luid thy keel, What workmen wrought thy ribs of eteel ; Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, — What anvils...beat, In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped tho anchors of thy hope." They will cheer on this noble ship; thoy will stand by this Constitution;... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...seemed to say, — " Take her, O bridegroom, old and gray, Take her to thy protecting arms, With ajl her youth and all her charms ! " How beautiful she...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 - 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... | |
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