 | 1872 - 660 pages
...in the wreck of noble lives Something immortal still survives. Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State I Sail on, O UNION strong and great ! Humanity with...wrought thy ribs of steel ; Who made each mast and sail and rope ; What anvils rang, what hammers beat ; In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - 1872 - 658 pages
...immortal still survives. Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State I Sail on, O UNION strong and great I Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of...wrought thy ribs of steel ; Who made each mast and sail and rope ; What anvils rang, what hammers beat ; In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors... | |
 | 1872 - 514 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...wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge and what a heat, Were shaped the anchors... | |
 | Winston Churchill - 1986 - 852 pages
...helping to keep politics out over here. I think this verse applies to your people as it does to us: "Sail on, O ship of State! Sail on, O Union, strong...all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate!" As ever yours, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT These splendid lines from Longfellow's "Building... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good will to men. (1. 1 —5) Tlw Building of the Ship 6 tasted all the summer's pride, Till I the Prince of...24 With sweet May dews my wings were wet, And Phoe on thy fate! 12 Then pealed the bells more loud and deep: "God is not dead; nor doth He sleep; The... | |
 | Winston Churchill, Martin Gilbert - 1993 - 1898 pages
...Presidential election. He had it framed. The letter contains a quotation from Longfellow's poem which read: 'Sail on O ship of state! Sail on O Union, strong...all the hopes of future years! Is hanging breathless on thy fate!' It was addressed to him as 'A Certain Naval Person.'1 This, apparently, was a sort of... | |
 | Richard Marius - 1994 - 592 pages
...charms!" How beautiful she is! How fair She lies within those arms, that press Her form with many a soft caress Of tenderness and watchful care! Sail forth...wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors... | |
 | Carl Sandburg - 1996 - 324 pages
...Ship of State! Sail on, O Union, strong and great!" Noah Brooks, remembering more of the poem, speaks: "Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O Union,...wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors... | |
 | John J. Pullen - 1997 - 308 pages
...of the poet: 'Farewell! A long farewell to all my greatness! ' " And now another poet had written: Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O Union,...all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate! It was James Pollock who put the design-concept into words. He wrote, "The medal proposed... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 pages
...stood on the bridge at midnight, As the clocks were striking the hour. 6475 'The Building of the Ship' on thy fate! 6476 'Children' Ye are better than all the ballads That ever were sung or said; For ye... | |
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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,... 
