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,
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As I remember the poem related by my father, the fourth line should read Is hanging breathless on thy fate not on the fate. This poem, of course had to have been written during the civil war.
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As I remember the poem related by my father, the fourth line should read Is hanging breathless on thy fate not on the fate. This poem, of course had to have been written during the civil war.