The Building of the Ship (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poem)
"Build me straight, O worthy Master! Stanch and strong, a goodly vessel, That shall laugh at all disaster, And with ...
"Build me straight, O worthy Master! Stanch and strong, a goodly vessel, That shall laugh at all disaster, And with ...
Away by the lands of the Japanee Where the paper lanterns glow And the crews of all the shipping drink ...
Above the portico a flag-staff, bearing the Union Jack, remained fluttering in the flames for some time, but ultimately when ...
As I look from the isle, o'er its billows of green, To the billows of foam-crested blue, Yon bark, that ...
MANY a day and night my bark stood ready laden; Waiting fav'ring winds, I sat with true friends round me, ...
And now it was evening. And Almitra the seeress said, "Blessed be this day and this place and your spirit ...
And the priestess spoke again and said: "Speak to us of Reason and Passion." And he answered saying: Your soul ...
And one of the elders of the city said, "Speak to us of Good and Evil." And he answered: Of ...
A people separated each one of us alone believing in ourselves more than in our togetherness Forgetting the words of ...
Capsized in the bay caught on the sandbar, buffeted by the wind, caught off guard, moving, without rudder, caught by ...
In my trade, you never are to ask these kinds of questions, questions where you don't know the answer, those ...
A cipher, nullity, a phantom stood before them unknown and unacknowledged time lost never to be regained lives turned, away ...
He was so right echoing in my mind in the sanctuary in the power of words, especially the power to ...
God fashioned the ship of the world carefully. With the infinite skill of an All-Master Made He the hull and ...
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