Henry Wadsworth Longfellow died on March 24 in 1882 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.\u00a0 The following poem conveys his love and respect for his country as well as his confidence in its Godly foundation and the hope it offers to the world.\u00a0 Let us join his prayer for our great land.<\/p>\n
O Ship of State<\/strong><\/p>\n Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Henry Wadsworth Longfellow<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Henry Wadsworth Longfellow died on March 24 in 1882 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.\u00a0 The following poem conveys his love and respect for his country as well as his confidence in its Godly foundation and the hope it offers to the world.\u00a0 Let us join his prayer for our great land. O Ship of State Thou, too, … Continue reading Longfellow and Liberty<\/span>
\nSail on, O Union, strong and great!
\nHumanity with all its fears,
\nWith all the hopes of future years,
\nIs hanging breathless on thy fate!
\nWe know what Master laid thy keel,
\nWhat Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel,
\nWho made each mast, and sail, and rope,
\nWhat anvils rang, what hammers beat,
\nIn what a forge and what a heat
\nWere shaped the anchors of thy hope!
\nFear not each sudden sound and shock,
\n‘Tis of the wave and not the rock;
\n‘Tis but the flapping of the sail,
\nAnd not a rent made by the gale!
\nIn spite of rock and tempest’s roar,
\nIn spite of false lights on the shore,
\nSail on, nor fear to breast the sea!
\nOur hearts, our hopes, are all with thee.
\nOur hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears,
\nOur faith triumphant o’er our fears,
\nAre all with thee, -are all with thee!<\/p>\n