 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 Workman wrought thy ribs of steel, Who...  The poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. New complete ed., with ... - Page 288by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859Full view - About this book
 | Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society - 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...all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fnte ! « We know what master laid thy keel, What workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made... | |
 | 1850 - 818 pages
...Humanity with all it« fears, With all the hopes of future years, le hanging breathless on thy täte ! We know what 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 and what a heat Were shaped the anchors... | |
 | John Hill Wheeler - 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...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 workmen... | |
 | 1851 - 792 pages
...comings and thy goings be ! For gentleness, and love, and trust, Prevail o'er angry wave and gust. Thou too, sail on, O ship of state ! Sail on, O UNION,...and great ! 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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1852 - 256 pages
...moistened eye, the trembling lip, Are not the signs of doubt or fear. Sail forth into tho sea of Hie, O gentle, loving, trusting wife. And safe from all...thy fate ! We know what Master laid thy keel, What Workman wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 470 pages
...Outward or homeward bound, are we. Before, behind, and all around, Floats and swings the horizon's bound, Seems at its distant rim to rise And climb the crystal...of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, Wliat anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy... | |
 | 1854 - 576 pages
...exclaim, in thu noble words of one of our poets : * " Thou, too, sail on, 0 Ship of State ! Sail on, 0 Union, strong and great ! Humanity with all its fears,...of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, A( h;it anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forgo and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of... | |
 | George Lewis Prentiss - 1855 - 598 pages
...Thou, too, sail on, 0 ship of state ! Sail on, 0 Union, strong and great I Humanity with all its tears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless...workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, each sail, each rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge, and what a heat, Were shaped... | |
 | William Sherwood - 1856 - 466 pages
...of State, and launch it upon the waters. We will exclaim, in the words of one of our poets : — " sail on, O Ship of State ! Sail on, O Union, strong...all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Js hanging hreathless on thy fate 1 " 6. To A WATEBFOWL. — WC Bryant. Whither, midst falling dew,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 490 pages
...trembling lip, Are not the signs of doubt or fear. It Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State, Sail on, 0 UNION, strong and great! Humanity, with all its fears,...thy fate ! We know what master laid thy keel, What workman wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made c-aeh mast, and Bail, and rope, What anvils rang, what... | |
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