In Memoriam the Titanic Disaster

A book of poetry to commemorate the sinking of the <em>Titanic</em>:

"Let us build now a ship in defiance
Of the ice and the wind and the wave;
A ship mammoth, all others excelling,
A ship beautiful, confident, brave.

For there is no limit, no boundary
To the power that man yet shall hold
Over the ice and the winds and the waves,
If his dreams be gigantic and bold.

"We have dreamed our dreams till this truth is clear:
The dominion of man o'er the sea
Is only a matter of brains and gold;
As his dreams so his conquests shall be.

Let us build then a ship that shall master
The old terrors of wind and of wave;
A ship superb, mammoth, and excelling,
A ship confident, beautiful, brave.

"For the chief est creature is Man, The Mind,
And the story is not a third told
Of his command over the sea and sky.
If his dreams be gigantic and bold."

So reasoned the Master Builders, one day,
And they garnered their wisdom and gold,
And fashioned a ship invulnerable,
For their dreams were gigantic and bold.

(read full article...)

Reply Like