Ay tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky. Beneath it rung the battle shout And burst the cannon?s roar The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more.
Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine With a cargo of ivory And apes and peacocks Sandalwood cedarwood and sweet white wine.
There are many who wait for their ships to come in For their ships to come in from the sea. This question they ask as they watch and wait: Will a ship come home to me? The answer comes swift from a voyager old A voyager weathered and gray: Have you sent forth a craft with a cargo friend? A craft that might some in today? There are many who long for their ships to come in That they from their cares may be free; But how could a ship come home to them When they?ve sent no craft to sea?
There is no unhappiness like the misery of sighting land Again after a cheerful careless voyage.
The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don?t.
HARBOR n. A place where ships taking shelter from storms are exposed to the fury of customs.
A great ship asks deep water.
Ay tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky. Beneath it rung the battle shout And burst the cannon?s roar The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more.
Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine With a cargo of ivory And apes and peacocks Sandalwood cedarwood and sweet white wine.
A ship is always referred to as she because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.
There are many who wait for their ships to come in For their ships to come in from the sea. This question they ask as they watch and wait: Will a ship come home to me? The answer comes swift from a voyager old A voyager weathered and gray: Have you sent forth a craft with a cargo friend? A craft that might some in today? There are many who long for their ships to come in That they from their cares may be free; But how could a ship come home to them When they?ve sent no craft to sea?