Sail， sail thy best， ship of Democracy，

    Of value is thy freight， 'tis not the Present only，

    The Past is also stored in thee，

    Thou holdest not the venture of thyself alone， not of the

    Western continent alone，

    Earth's rèesumèe entire floats on thy keel O ship， is steadied by

    thy spars，

    With thee Time voyages in trust， the antecedent nations sink

    or swim with thee，

    With all their ancient struggles， martyrs， heroes， epics， wars，

    thou bear'st the other continents，

    Theirs， theirs as much as thine， the destination-port

    triumphant；

    Steer then