 Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on! " Then, pale and worn, he kept his deck, And peered through darkness. Ah, that night Of all dark nights! And then a speck — A light! A light! A light! A light! It grew, a starlit flag unfurled! It grew to be Time's...  Two Sunny Winters in California - Page 12by Gulielma Crosfield - 1904 - 187 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Marguerite Stockman Dickson - United States - 1911 - 650 pages
...of the wonderful things he described; what people thought of his stories. IV COLUMBUS AND HIS WORK " He gained a world; he gave that world Its grandest lesson: On ! sail on ! " — MILLER. JUST when the idea that the earth is round came into men's minds we cannot... | |
 | Readers - 1912 - 524 pages
...nights ! And then a speck — A light ! A light ! A light ! A light ! It grew, a starlit flag unfurled ! It grew to be Time's burst of dawn. He gained a world ; he gave that world Its grandest lesson: " On ! Sail on ! " From " Complete Poetical Works," copyrighted and pubiished by the Whittaker and Uay-Wiggin... | |
 | Education - 1927 - 506 pages
...— A light ! A light ! A light ! A light ! It grew, a starlit flag unfurled ! It grew to be Time 's burst of dawn. He gained a world ; he gave that world Its greatest lesson : ' ' On ! sail on ! " , , , — Joaquin Miller. Columbus Day , Do you wonder to see... | |
 | United States - 1988 - 618 pages
...speak, brave Adm'r'l, speak and say' — He said: 'Sail on! sail on! and on! ' " and its final lines, "He gained a world; he gave that world its grandest lesson: 'On! sail on! ' " That was the spirit of Columbus, and it is the American spirit. Today, our homage to Christopher... | |
 | 1913 - 1326 pages
...dark nights! and then a speck— A light! A light! A light! A light! It grew, a starlit flag unfurled! It grew to be Time's burst of dawn: He gained a world; he gave that world LOGAN, UTAH Its grandest lesson: "On! and on!" Upton Sinclair tells this story about a school address... | |
 | Poetry - 1982 - 348 pages
...dark nights! And then a speck- A light! a light! a light! a light! It grew, a starlit flag unfurled! It grew to be Time's burst of dawn. He gained a world; he gave that world Its grandest lesson: "On! sail on!" Joaquin Miller Paul once wrote to Timothy, this truth he did declare Of folks who went from... | |
 | Lillian Watson - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1988 - 356 pages
...dark nights! And then a speck— A light! A light! At last a light! It grew, a starlit flag unfurled! It grew to be Time's burst of dawn. He gained a world; he gave that world Its grandest lesson: "On! sail on!" Joaquin Miller* was born in a covered wagon somewhere between Indiana and Ohio. He grew to... | |
 | Martin Gardner - Poetry - 1992 - 226 pages
...darkness. Ah, that night Of all dark nights! And then a speck — A light! a light! a light! a light! It grew to be Time's burst of dawn. He gained a world; he gave that world Its grandest lesson: "On! sail on!" CLEMENT CLARKE MOORE (1779-1863) A PROFESSOR of Greek and Oriental literature at an Episcopalian... | |
 | William J. Bennett - Juvenile Fiction - 1997 - 392 pages
...night! and then a speck — A light! a light! a light! a light! It grew — a star-lit flag unfurled! It grew to be Time's burst of dawn; He gained a world! he gave that world Its watchword: "On! and on!" The Story of Scarface RETOLD BY AMY CRUSE The dictionary defines fortitude... | |
 | Fred D. Cavinder - History - 2003 - 212 pages
...shoreless seas. The poem concluded: A light! A light! A light! A light! It grew, a starlit flag unfurled. He gained a world; he gave that world Its grandest lesson: On, sail on. Today Miller is seldom remembered, except along the Pacific Coast. Yet at least six memorials... | |
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