Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-07-09 | Page 6 | Sail , Ship of Democracy

Sail, Ship of Democracy. Sail, sail thy best, ship of Democracy, Of value is thy freight, 'Lis not the present only, The past is also stored in thee. Thou boldest not the venture of thyself alone, not of the western continent alone, Earth venture entire floats on they keel, O ship, is steadied hy Lhey spars, With thee Time voyages in trust, the antecedent nations sink or swim with thee, With all their ancient struggles, martyrs, heroes, spies, waves, thou bearest the other continents, Theirs, theirs, as much as thine, the destination's port triumphant; Steer them with good strong hand nnd wary eye, O helmsman; thou carriest great companions. Venerable priestly Asia sails this day with thee. And royal feudal Europe sails with fhee. Walt Whitman.