 | California - 1920 - 618 pages
...words leapt like a leaping sword: "Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!" Then pale and worn, he paced his deck, And peered through darkness. Ah, that night...dark nights! And then a speck — A light! A light! At last a light! It grew, a starlit flag unfurled! It grew to be Time's burst of dawn. He gained a... | |
 | Education - 1891 - 642 pages
...leapt as a leaping sword: "Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!" Then pale and worn, he kept hisdeck, And peered through darkness, Ah that night Of all...light! A light! It grew, a starlit flag unfurled! AN OLD FAVORITE. The bravest battle that ever was fought, Shall I tell you where and when? On the maps... | |
 | Mara Louise Pratt-Chadwick - 1892 - 188 pages
...! the very stars are gone. Speak, Admiral, what shall I say? " " Why say, ' Sail on ! sail on ! and on ! ' " ******** Then, pale and worn, he kept his...He gained a world ; he gave that world Its grandest lesson : " On ! and on ! " - —JOAQUIN MILLER ALONZO PINZON'S DESERTION. Alonzo Pinzon was the commander... | |
 | John Marcus Dickey - 1892 - 472 pages
...shall we do when hope is gone? " The words leapt as a leaping sword, " Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!" Then, pale and worn, he kept his deck, And peered...He gained a world; he gave that world Its grandest lesson — "On! and on! " ADMIRAL OF MOSQUITO LAND. DH MONTGOMERY, American historian of the nineteenth... | |
 | Education - 1892 - 568 pages
...we do when hope is gone?" The words leapt as a leaping sword : " Sail on ! sail on ! sail on ! and on !" Then, pale and worn, he kept his deck, And peered...He gained a world ; he gave that world Its grandest lesson : " On ! and on 1" Joa'juin Miller. 5. Reading. THE DISCOVERY. About two hours before midnight,... | |
 | Welsh - 1892 - 828 pages
...leapt as a leaping sword : "Sail on ! sail on ! sail on ! and on !" Then, pale and worn, he kept the deck And peered through darkness. Ah ! that night...He gained a world : he gave that world Its grandest lesson : "On ! and on !" THE TWO GLASSES. There stood two glasses, filled to the On a rich man's table,... | |
 | Readers - 1892 - 396 pages
...through darkness. Ah, that night Of all dark nights! And then a speck — Alight! Alight! Alight! Alight! It grew, a starlit flag unfurled! It grew to be Time's...He gained a world ; he gave that world Its grandest lesson ; " On and on ! " JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. HEEE am I, for what end God knows, not I ; Westward... | |
 | William Thomas Stead - Europe - 1892 - 682 pages
...these dread seas is gone, Now speak, brave Adm'rl ; speak and say " He said : " Sail on ! sail on ! and on ! " Then, pale and worn, he- kept his deck, And...Ah, that night Of all dark nights ! And then a speck — Alight! Alight! Alight! Alight! It grew, a starlit flag unfurled I It grew to be Time's burst of... | |
 | Education - 1892 - 812 pages
...we do when hope is gone ?" The words leaped as a leaping sword: "Sail on ! sail on ! sail on ! and on !" Then, pale and worn, he kept his deck, And peered...Ah, that night Of all dark nights ! And then a speck — Alight! Alight! Alight! Alight! It grew, a starlit flag unfurled ! It grew to be Time's burst of... | |
 | America - 1892 - 734 pages
...now in the Naval Museum at Madrid. World into historical contact with the New. The light he 8aw — " It grew a starlit flag unfurled ! It grew to be Time's...He gained a world ; he gave that world Its grandest lesson : 'On and on ! ' " What indomitable purpose was that of Columbus ! It was steadily pursued through... | |
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Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!" Then, pale and worn, he kept his deck, And peered through darkness. Ah, that night Of all dark nights! And then a speck — A light! a light! a light! a light! It grew, a starlit flag unfurled! It grew to be Time's... 
