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
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1854 - 472 pages
...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 all its fears,...'T is of the wave and not the rock ; 'T is but the 6apping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite... | |
| John Cumming - 1854 - 342 pages
...state, Sail on ! 0 England, strong and great. Humanity, with all its fears, And 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 waves, not of the rock ; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the... | |
| Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 pages
...rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope! Fcar not each sudden sound and shock, 'T is of the wave,...not a rent made by the gale! In spite of rock and tempest roar, In spite of false lights on the shore, Sail on, nor f'ear to breast the sea! Our hearts,... | |
| One of 'em - 1855 - 330 pages
...trembling lip, Are not the signs of doubt or fear. 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... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 264 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 gale... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 568 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... | |
| John Cumming - 1855 - 302 pages
...state, Sail on ! 0 England, strong and great. Humanity, with all its fears, And 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 waves, not of the rock; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale.... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1856 - 432 pages
...moistened eye, the trembling lip, Are not the signs of doubt or fear. Sail forth into the sea of life, O gentle, loving, trusting wife, And safe from all adversity...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, THE BUILDING OF THE SHIP. And... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1856 - 810 pages
...immortal still survives ! Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State ! Sail on, O UNION, strong and great I Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of...sudden sound and shock, 'T is of the wave and not the rook ; T is but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's... | |
| 1856 - 352 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 but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale... | |
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