...1848] Reminiscences of Seventy Years where, proudly bearing the royal standard and the Admiralty flag, "She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elemental strife." " Take it all in all," says Ruskin, " a ship of the line is the most honourable...

...gloriously her gallant course she goe* ! Her white wings flying — never from her foes; She walks the water like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife. Who would not brave the battle -fire — the wreck — To move the monarch of her peopled deck? BYRON: Corsair. How much unlike...

...majestically near, Speed on her prow, and terror in her tier. o. BYRON— The Corsair. Canto III. St. 15. She walks the waters like a thing of life. And seems to dare the elements to strife. p. BtROK—The Corsair. Canto I. St. 3. The true ship is the ship builder. g. EMERSON — Essays. Of...

...like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies." BYRON. Hebrew Melodies. She Walks in Beauty. " She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife. \Vho would not brave the battle-fire — the wreck — To move the monarch of her peopled deck ? "...

...the sea has inspired him with a few brilliant lines describing the pirate's vessel in the Corsair — She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife ; and again — Meantime, the steady breeze serenely blew, And fast and falcon-like the vessel flew....

...Dix. 9. They well deserve to have That know the strongest and surest way to get. — SHAKSPERE. 10. She walks the waters like a thing of life And seems to dare the elements to strife. — BYRON. 11. To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. —...

...of passions past." 1. 12. And the waves bound, etc. The strain of the sea again. Cf. Corsair: — " She walks the waters like a thing of life And seems to dare the elements to strife. Meantime, the stately breeze serenely blew, And fast and falcon-like the vessel flew." Siege of Corinth...

...who meet obey. The Corsair. Canto i. Stanea 1. Oh who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried. ibid. She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife. Stanza 3. 1 See Gray, page 382. s See Lovelace, page 259. Browne, page 218. s Solitudinem facinnt,...

...laugh at all disaster And with wave and whirlwind wrestle. The Building of the Ship. H. w. LONGFELLOW. She walks the waters like a thing of life. And seems to dare the elements to strife. The Corsair, Canto I. LORD BYRON. Hearts of oak are our ships, Hearts of oak are our men. Hearts of...

...dark. Already doubled is the cape — our bay Receives that prow which proudly spurns the spray. 90 How gloriously her gallant course she goes ! Her white...strife. Who would not brave the battle-fire, the wreck, To move the monarch of her peopled deck ? IV Hoarse o'er her side the rustling cable rings; The sails...