 | 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...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 ! In spite of rock and tempest roar, In... | |
 | 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,...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 ! Jn spite of rock and tempest's... | |
 | 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,...of thy hope ! Fear not each sudden sound and shock, T is of the wave and not the rock ; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale... | |
 | Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society - African Americans - 1846 - 510 pages
...what master laid thy keel, What workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mnst, each sail, each rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what...of thy hope! Fear not each sudden sound and shock 'T is of the wave, and not the rock ; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1850 - 476 pages
...her charms ! " How beautiful she is ! How fair She lies within those arms, that press Her form with many a soft caress Of tenderness and watchful care...of thy hope ! Fear not each sudden sound and shock, 'T is of the wave and not the rock ; 'T is but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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...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 gale ! In spite of rock and tempest... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 568 pages
...exclaim, in the noble words of one of our poets : * " Then, too, sail on, 0 Ship of State ! Sail on, 0 Union, strong and great ! Humanity with all its fears,...Were shaped the anchors of thy hope ! Fear not each sndden sound and shock, — 'T is of the wave and not the rock ; 'T is but tho flapping of the sail,... | |
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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 Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who... 
