 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...  American Poetry - Page 382by Percy Holmes Boynton - 1918 - 721 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...what hammers beat, In what a forge, and what a heat . Were shaped the anchors of thy hope ! Fear not each sudden sound and shock ! Tis of the wave, and... | |
 | 1824 - 706 pages
...And let 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...what hammers beat, In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope! Fear not each sudden sound and shock, 'Tis of the wave and not... | |
 | 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,...what hammers beat, In what a forge, and what a heat, Were shaped the anchors of thy hope ! Fear not each sudden sound and shock, Tis of the wave and not... | |
 | 1850 - 642 pages
...concluding 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...what hammers beat, In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope ! Fear not each sudden sound and shock, T is of the wave and not... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 476 pages
...the wreck of noble lives Something immortal still survives ! Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State ! Sail on, O UNION, strong and great ! Humanity with...what hammers beat, In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope ! Fear not each sudden sound and shock, 'T is of the wave and not... | |
 | 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 hammers beat, In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope." They will cheer on this noble ship; they will stand by this Constitution... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...in the wreck of noble lives Something immortal still survives ! Thou too, sail on, O Ship of State ! Sail on, O UNION, strong and great ! Humanity with...what hammers beat, In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope ! Fear not each sudden sound and shock, 'Tis of the wave and not... | |
 | 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...what hammers beat, In what a forge, and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope ! Fear not each sudden sound and shock ! 'Tis of the wave, and... | |
 | 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...what hammers beat, In what a forge, and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope ! Fear not each sudden sound and shock ! Tis of the wave, and not... | |
 | 1851 - 792 pages
...Humanity, with all its fears, With all its hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate 1 We know what master laid thy keel, What workmen wrought...what hammers beat, In what a forge, and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope ! Fear not each sndden sound and shock ! *И8 of the wave, and... | |
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