Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Ships Quotations

Build me straight. O worthy Master! Staunch and strong, a goodly vessel That shall laugh at all disaster, And with wave and whirlwind wrestle!

And the wind plays on those great sonorous harps, the shrouds and masts of ships.

Love contending with friendship, and self with each generous impulse. To and fro in his breast his thoughts were heaving and dashing, As in a foundering ship.

I know not how it is, but during a voyage I collect books as a ship does barnacles.