 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1860 - 468 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,...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... | |
 | Agriculture - 1861 - 704 pages
...raging billows, and through the fierce storm and tempest, the Ark of our Safety will ride in triumph. " Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State ! Sail on, O Union,...all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate I Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea ! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee. Our hearts,... | |
 | George Washington Doane (bp. of New Jersey.) - 1861 - 652 pages
...ours, to the remotest generation, are embarked — God help us ! — for our weal, or for our woe. " Thou, too, sail on, O ship of state ! Sail on, O Union,...all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, was equally decided. " It is clear, that if you continue in office, nothing materially mischievous... | |
 | Sir William Howard Russell - Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861 - 1861 - 1102 pages
...Issued by the Loyal National League at the Sitmter Mass Meeting, April 11, 1863, at Union? Square. \ — Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State ! Sail on,, O Union strong and great I Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, la hanging breathless on thy fate... | |
 | Hamilton Wilcox Pierson - 1862 - 172 pages
...gallant crew would inevitably have gone down. Then, with new-born emphasis, we shall say: " Sail on, 0 Ship of State ! Sail on, O Union strong and great!...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... | |
 | Hamilton Wilcox Pierson - Presidents - 1862 - 208 pages
...have gone down. Then, with new-born emphasis, we shall say : " Sail on, 0 Ship of State ! Sail on, 0 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... | |
 | Loyal National League - Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.) - 1863 - 76 pages
...Issued by the Loyal National League at the Sumter Mass Meeting, April 11, 1863, at Union Square. — Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State ! Sail on, O Union...breathless on thy fate ! We know -what Master laid thjr keel, What workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, What anvils... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, Thomas Buchanan Read - Patriotic poetry, American - 1864 - 200 pages
...wreck of noble lives, Something immortal still survives. Thou too sail on, 0 Ship of State ! Sail on, 0 Union, strong and great! Humanity, with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, 142 THE DYING SOLDIER. Is hanging breathless on thy fate ! We know what master laid thy keel, What... | |
 | Lucius Eugene Chittenden - Conference Convention - 1864 - 774 pages
...the pamphlet, shall also close my observations : "Then, too, sail on, O Ship of State ! Sail on, 0 UNION", strong and great ! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Ta hanging breathless on thy fate ! We know what Master laid thy keel, What Workmen wrought thy ribs... | |
 | Henry T. Johns - 1864 - 426 pages
...the slaughtered dead. In " hopes nursed in tears," I sing: " Sail on I 0 Union, strong and great I 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... | |
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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 made each mast and sail and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat,... 
