 | North American review - 1896 - 818 pages
...Republican or Democrat ; but every one will feel he is an American, with this prayer deep in his heart : " Sail on, O Ship of State ! Sail on, O Union, strong and grout I In spite of rook and tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore, Sail on, nor fear... | |
 | 1824 - 706 pages
...undivided country, from sea to sea ! And let 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, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate! We know what Master laid thy keel, What... | |
 | American periodicals - 1850 - 642 pages
...could have been suggested by it. The concluding lines will find now an echo in every patriotic heart. Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State ! Sail on, O UNION,...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... | |
 | Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society - African Americans - 1846 - 510 pages
...Longfellow's Poems, about to be issued from the press ; — Thou too, sail on, O ship of State ! Snil on, O Union, strong and great ! Humanity, with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fnte ! « We know what master laid thy keel,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1850 - 476 pages
...Prevail o'er angry wave and gust ; And in the wreck of noble lives Something immortal still survives ! Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State ! Sail on, O UNION,...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... | |
 | John Hill Wheeler - North Carolina - 1851 - 610 pages
...trials of those who aided its establishment, command alike our respect, gratitude and admiration. " Thou too, sail on, O ship of State, Sail on, O Union...and great ; Humanity, with all its fears, With all the hope of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate! We know what masters laid thy keel, What... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...Prevail o'er angry wave and gust ; And in the wreck of noble lives Something immortal still survives ! Thou too, sail on, O Ship of State ! Sail on, O UNION,...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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1852 - 256 pages
...Prevail o'er angry wave and gust ; And in the wreck of noble lives Something immortal still survives ! Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State ! Sail on, O UNION,...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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 470 pages
...Prevail o'er angry wave and gust ; And in the wreck of noble lives Something immortal still survives ! Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State ! Sail on, O UNION,...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... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - American literature - 1854 - 580 pages
...Prevail o'er angry wave and gust; And in the wreck 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, "VVith all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate! We know what Master laid thy... | |
| |
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. 
