 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...  Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Page 126by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1880 - 417 pagesFull view - About this book
 | England - 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...of thy hope ! Fear not each sudden sound and shock ! Tis of the wave, and not the rock ; Tis bnt the flapping of the sail And not a rent made by the gale... | |
 | 1824 - 706 pages
...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 all its fears,...of thy hope! Fear not each sudden sound and shock, 'Tis of the wave and not the rock; 'T is but the flapping of a sail, And not a rent made by the gale... | |
 | Baptists - 1850 - 664 pages
...executed, concluding with a passage of singular force and sublimity. We cannot withhold it : — " Thou, too, sail on, 0 Ship of State ! Sail on, 0 UNION,...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!... | |
 | United States - 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 a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope." They will cheer on this noble ship; they will stand by this Constitution ; they will adhere to this... | |
 | 1850 - 818 pages
...Master laid thy keel, What workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and ropo, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge...of thy hope! Fear not each sudden sound and shock, Т is of the wave and not the rock ; Т is but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 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... | |
 | Scotland - 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...of thy hope ! Fear not each sudden sound and shock ! Tis of the wave, and not the rock ; "1'is but the napping of the sail And not a rent made by the... | |
 | American periodicals - 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...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 make by the... | |
 | England - 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...Were shaped the anchors of thy hope ! Fear not each sndden sound and shock ! *И8 of the wave, and not the rock ; 'Tis but the flapping of the tail And... | |
 | John Hill Wheeler - North Carolina - 1851 - 644 pages
...fears, With all the hope of future years, Is hanging breathless on tliy fate ! AVe know what masters laid thy keel, What workmen wrought thy ribs of steel,...anvils rang, what hammers beat, , In what a forge, in what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope." CHAPTER II. Life, character, services, and death... | |
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