The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-10
THE GOOD SHIP DEsEREr.


Lift up your voices Utah's SONS, nor
stand We longer dumb;
Our commonwealth receives her own
her hour at last is come.
0! Thou who reignest Ger us in thy
majesty and power
Be near to guide our counsels in this
most suspicious hour;
Teach us the wisdom of the right, o,
help the weak be strong,
Let Utah prove the battle-ground of
justice 'gainst the wrong:
With sails for placid seas as we'll as
angry breakers set
We launch upon the urtried wave the
good ship Deseret.
o! brothers. let all prejudice, all scorn
be laid aside,
Work ye for Utah's interests; her gioTy
be your pride;
Strive not unseemly ye fer place; be to
i craftinesS averse;
To gain ignobly is but LOGS, it ever
proves a curse.
With generous emulation, seek your own
and others good
Than yours no brighter star shall shine
among the sisterhood:
United then, Ger summer seas, to
grander harbors yet
Well sail among the nations craft the
good ship Deseret.
Though ours the courage that cur stres
of old at Runrymede
Exhibited to tyrant skilled in treachery
and greed;
Sons of the sturdy Viking, though
yours the heritage
The Visigoth from savage fee, won
with his bow and lance,
Not Saxon brave. nor Norsernan o-d
from rugged northern shore
Could boast of 3oftier deed than he who
says-''my state bef2re
All mean ambition to be tirst'-and can
unse,tish let
HIS rival grasp the helm TO Su-de the
good ship Dezeret.
Go seek the mast, a thousand men you'll
number as you stand
their homes and father.and;
When patriots raise. the standard, o!
= behold the myriads, fioek); -. hs,a
fer truth upon the block,
and point with scorn
At Justice humbly panCpl.ed, or Truth
ous o'e captain be he who stands firm
whatever woes beset,
Then shall we safely ride the wave o!
good ship Deseret.
O! man whose worship had its birth in
far off eastern lands;
Or We beneath the granite spire where
gilt Moroni stands;
Ye Saint and Jew and Gentle let no
Jealous difference
Divide YOU when for Utahs veal We
stand in bold defence;
NJ more be spoken bitter word, nor fur
ious deed be wrought,
I.e,s friend greet friend where enemies of
old in vengeance fought,
o. Democrat; Republican,; past rivalry
And ION in mailing to the mast the flag
of Deseret.
Then shall the voyage in springtide
gale, or fiercest wtntry blast
D. +ba nj
too bright TO last;
'Tis the hour when tempests threaten
and misfortunes darkly roll,
That friendship proves, and truly tests
the temper CT the soul;
Or while we sail Ger Sunny seas, JOY
full merry band,
each strong willing hand
Strive to obtain, ror niggardly MS I'M
pulse grand regret;
With such a crew n5 storm can wreck
the good ship Deseret.
Brave sons of Utah; daughters fair; let
each and every. voice
OF every faith and creed unite while
loudly we rejoice; ~, s..
!, et the priest his wonted ritual forget,
and now confess
The universal brotherhood; invoking
God to bless; J..
To teach us wisdom and the right; to
help the weak be strong:
Not to battle with each other, put 10
war against the wrong;
Then with sails for every sea, the calm
as for wild breakers set, a.,
We launch upon the unknown wave the
good ship Deseret. '-'
N. ALBERT SHERMAN.
SAT- Lake City, Nov. 1880