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| Ship Quotes | No. | Quotation | Last Name | First Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Build me straight, O worthy Master! Stanch and strong, a goodly vessel, That shall laugh at all disaster And with wave and whirlwind wrestle. | Longfellow | Henry Wadsworth |
| 2 | She walks the waters like a thing of life. And seems to dare the elements to strife. | Byron | Lord |
| 3 | Hearts of oak are our ships, Hearts of oak are our men. | Garrick | |
| 4 | Sailing Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for the isles Of Javan or Gadire. With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails filled, and streamers waving, Courted by all the winds that hold them play, An amber scent of odorous perfume Her harbinger. | Milton | John |
| 5 | Behold the threaden sails, Borne with the invisible and creeping wind, Draw the huge bottoms through the furrowed sea, Breasting the lofty surge. | Shakespeare | William |
| 6 | Heaven speed the canvas, gallantly unfurled, To furnish and accommodate a world, To give the pole the produce of the sun, And knit th' unsocial climates into one. | Cowper | William |
| 7 | Dangerous rocks, Which touching but my gentle vessel's side, Would scatter all her spices on the stream, Enrobe the roaring waters with my silks, And, in a word, but even now worth this, And now worth nothing. | Shakespeare | William |
| 8 | As rich.... As is the ooze and bottom of the sea With sunken wreck and sumless treasuries. | Shakespeare | William |
| 9 | Her deck is crowded with despairing souls, And in the hollow pauses of the storm We hear their piercing cries. | Maturin | Charles |
| 10 | A brave vessel, Who had no doubt some noble creatures in her, Dashed all to pieces. O, the cry did knock Against my very heart! Poor souls! they perished. | Shakespeare | William |
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