O Ship of State
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 made each mast, and sail, and rope,
What anvils rang, what hammers beat,
In what a forge and what a heat
Were shaped the anchors of thy hope!
Fear not each sudden sound and shock,
'Tis of the wave and not the rock;
'Tis but the flapping of the sail,
And not a rent made by the gale!
In spite of rock and tempest's roar,
In spite of false lights on the shore,
Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea!
Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee.
Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears,
Our faith triumphant o'er our fears,
Are all with thee, -are all with thee!
Was it just me or was the guy emotional when he read the poem into the record? Almost like he knew the meaning was far deeper than people in MSM might imagine...
"Fear not each sudden sound and shock" = don't lose faith by what you see or hear "In spite of rock and tempest's roar" = no matter how much nonsense they spew "In spite of false lights on the shore" = even if they try to make you see things that aren't really there... "Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea" = keep going and don't be afraid "Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears, Our faith triumphant o'er our fears" = keep the faith and release the fear
Thank you. I am a great reader but poems, especially old timey ones are hard for me.