| James Edward Murdoch - Patriotism - 1865 - 194 pages
...in the wreck of noble lives, Something immortal still survives. Thou too sail on, 0 Ship of State I Sail on, 0 Union, strong and great ! Humanity, with...all the hopes 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... | |
| John Ward Dean, George Folsom, John Gilmary Shea, Henry Reed Stiles, Henry Barton Dawson - United States - 1865 - 446 pages
...is steady and unchanged. Our own poet must have seen in vision Sail on, sail on, 0 ship of state I Sail on, 0 Union, strong and great! Humanity with...all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate; In spite of rock nnd tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore, Sail on, nor... | |
| Troy (N.Y.). Citizens - 1865 - 404 pages
...with a law-abiding and exulting crew, and THE FLAG OF THE "UNION NAILED TO HER MAST ! " Sail on, O UNION, strong and great ! Humanity with all its fears,...all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore, Sail on,... | |
| George Washington Greene - United States - 1865 - 518 pages
...and to each other the inspiring words of our great poet : — " Sail on, 0 ship of state ! Sail on, O Union, strong and great ! Humanity with all its fears,...all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate I We know what Master laid thy keel, What workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each... | |
| John Ward Dean, George Folsom, John Gilmary Shea, Henry Reed Stiles, Henry Barton Dawson - United States - 1865 - 510 pages
...is steady and unchanged. Our own poet must have seen in vision Sail on, sail on, 0 ship of state I Sail on, 0 Union, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, ft hanging breathless on tliy fate; In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite of false liglits... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1865 - 388 pages
...of nohle lives Something unmortal still survives ! 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 hreathless on thy fate ! We know what Master laid thy keel, What Workmen wrought thy rihs of steel,... | |
| George Washington Greene - United States - 1865 - 484 pages
...inspiring words of our great poet : — " Sail on, O ship of state 1 Sail on, 0 Union, strong and great 1 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... | |
| John Ward Dean, George Folsom, John Gilmary Shea, Henry Reed Stiles, Henry Barton Dawson - United States - 1865 - 480 pages
...poet must have seen in vision Sail on, sail on, 0 sliip of state! Sail on, 0 Union, strong and greatl Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate; In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore, Sail on, nor... | |
| Richard Frothingham - Physicians - 1865 - 594 pages
...appreciated what it would be in its development; as though they felt there was hanging on it — " Humanity, with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years." The declarations of the towns, in answer to the Boston November meeting, manifested great similarity... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1866 - 412 pages
...day rolls on, and " the night cometh when no man can work." II. THE SHIP OF STATE. 379 LONGFELLOW. Thou, too, sail on, 0 Ship of State ! Sail on, 0 Union,...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... | |
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