Category: History - Other
Those splendid ships, each with her grace, her glory, Her memory of old song or comrade’s story, Still in my mind the image of life’s need, Beauty in hardest action, beauty indeed. “They built great ships and sailed them” sounds most brave, Whatever arts we have or fail to hav...
Those splendid ships, each with her grace, her glory, Her memory of old song or comrade’s story, Still in my mind the image of life’s need, Beauty in hardest action, beauty inde...
6. PART II.—“THE WOOL CLIPPERS.With tallow casks all dunnaged tight, with tiers on tiers of bales, With cargo crammed from hatch to hatch, she’s racing for the sales; A clipper barque, a model ship, a “flyer”...
7. PART III.—“THE IRON CLIPPERS.Fill us with wool till we’re nigh overflowing, Send us away when strong breezes are blowing, And we’ll show all the others the road. The tug boat is coming for us in the morn, W...
8. PART IV.—THE NEW ZEALAND TRADE.The age of dear tradition has gone by And steam has killed romance upon the sea, The newer age requires the newer men, And dying hard in corners of the world, The old hands pass...