| Richard Frothingham - 1874 - 56 pages
...embodied in immortal song the feelings of that generation as they launched the ship United States ! — " Sail on, O Ship of State ! Sail on, O Union, strong...all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate ! 3 We know what Master laid thy keel, What Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made... | |
| Jonathan Periam - 1874 - 580 pages
...to the prayer in song of our best-loved poet — "Thou, too, 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 ! " THE GROUNDSWELL OF TO-DAY. If there be one danger of more threatening aspect than any... | |
| mrs. Granville Ryder - 1874 - 108 pages
...All gently to refresh the thirsty cave.' 2. ' Where dwelt Calypso, dreadful in her charms.' 3. ' ' Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate.' 4. ' Clamber up the crumbling stair, Trip along a narrow wall, Where the sudden rattling... | |
| John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 pages
...tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame ! Tht Ladder of St. Augustine. Sail on, O Ship of State 1 Sail on, O UNION, strong and great ! Humanity with...all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate ! T/ie Building of the Sfiip. Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee, Our hearts, our... | |
| William H. Bowen - 1876 - 436 pages
...suffered to fall in weakness. Its close was a burst of patriotic fervor, ending with the lines : " Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State ! Sail on, O Union,...all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate ! " The Providence Journal referred to the speech the next morning, at some length, and... | |
| George Rhett Cathcart - 1877 - 454 pages
...snow ! Christ save us all from a death like this, On the reef of Norman's Woe ! THE SHIP OF STATE. 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 We know what Master laid thy keel, What Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each... | |
| John F. Aiken - 1877 - 176 pages
...in itself a joy to see, When Fancy whispered in my ear, That torch they pass is Liberty ! " MOORE. - Thou, too, sail on, O ship of State ! Sail on, O Union,...all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate ! Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea ! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee. Our hearts,... | |
| John F. Aiken - 1877 - 176 pages
...in my ear, That torch they pass is Liberty ! " • Thou, too, sail on, O 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! Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea ! MOORE. Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee.... | |
| Nathan Bouton - 1878 - 198 pages
...the Centennial Anniversary of American Independence. Our country to the last shall be our theme: " Thou, too, sail on. O ship of state ! Sail on, O Union,...years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate ! We know what masters laid thy keel, What workmen wrought thy ribs of steel; Who made each mast and sail and rope,... | |
| 1887 - 730 pages
...the light in America " become darkness," and the world sinks into the gloom of an eternal night. " Sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O UNION, strong...all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate." NEED OF A FRENCH THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT AT NEWTON. BY REV. JN WILLIAMS, RI There are... | |
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