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    It would have been as though he [President Andrew Johnson] were
    in a boat of stone with masts of steel, sails of lead, ropes of
    iron, the devil at the helm, the wrath of God for a breeze, and
    hell for his destination.

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Ships that sailed for sunny isles,
But never came to shore.

Ships that sailed for sunny isles,
But never came to shore.

by Thomas Kibble Hervey Found in: Ships Quotes,
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She comes majestic with her swelling sails,
The gallant Ship: along her watery way,
Homeward she drives read more

She comes majestic with her swelling sails,
The gallant Ship: along her watery way,
Homeward she drives before the favouring gales;
Now flirting at their length the streamers play,
And now they ripple with the ruffling breeze.

by Robert Southey Found in: Ships Quotes,
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The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.

The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.

by George Herbert Found in: Ships Quotes,
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The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne,
Burned on the water: the poop was beaten gold;
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The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne,
Burned on the water: the poop was beaten gold;
Purple the sails, and so perfumed that
The winds were lovesick with them; the oars were silver,
Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made
The water which they beat to follow faster,
As amorous of their strokes.

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Lord, Thou hast made this world below the shadow of a dream,
An', taught by time, I tak' it read more

Lord, Thou hast made this world below the shadow of a dream,
An', taught by time, I tak' it so--exceptin' always steam,
From coupler-flange to spindle-guide I see thy Hand, O God--
Predestination in the stride o' yon connectin'-rod.

by Rudyard Kipling Found in: Ships Quotes,
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And let our barks across the pathless flood
Hold different courses.

And let our barks across the pathless flood
Hold different courses.

by Sir Walter Scott Found in: Ships Quotes,
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When rats leave a sinking ship, where exactly do they think
they're going?

When rats leave a sinking ship, where exactly do they think
they're going?

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Ships Quotes,
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A great ship askes deepe waters.
[A great ship asks deep waters.]

A great ship askes deepe waters.
[A great ship asks deep waters.]

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They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great
waters:
These see the read more

They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great
waters:
These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.

by Bible Found in: Ships Quotes,
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