and in a loosely iambic pattern.The last line of each four-line stanza shortens to tetrameter,with only four stresses,as in"And live alone in the bee-loud glade".Each of the three stanzas has the same abab rhyme scheme.Formally,this poem is somewhat unusual for Yeats:he rarely worked wit...
children and John’s smithy apprentice William Speaknall aboard the sailing packet Patrick Henry. The three-masted ship had been built in 1839 for the Blue Swallowtail Line of packets running from England to the U.S. Packets ran on regular schedules, and the Patrick Henry was known as a fas...
Ever Given, the Ship That Blocked Suez Canal in March, Crosses the Canal Again More Reuters Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, is seen after sailing through Suez Canal in Ismailia, Egypt August 20, 2021. Suez Canal Authority/Handout via REUTERS ISMAIL...
The sailing on the steamer that the Goodwin family was booked on had to be cancelled. They had their tickets transferred to the new luxury liner the Titanic. This map shows where the Titanic sank Titanic Historical Society Accommodation on Board the Titanic The Titanic was ...
let him be called from his hammock to view his ship sailing through a midnight sea of milky whiteness — as if from encircling headlands shoals of combed white bears were swimming round him, then he feels a silent, superstitious dread; the shrouded phantom of the whitened waters is horrible...
Scott Janssen, a funeral-home director by trade who's known as the "Mushin' Mortician." He introduced himself by saying, "Hi! I'm Scott Janssen, the Mushin' Mortician." Anyway. Once the honorary musher's sled goes skritting out of sight, it's time for the real race to (ceremonial...
"The sons of Atreus called a meeting which was not as it should be, for it was sunset and the Achaeans were heavy with wine. When they explained why they had called the people together, it seemed that Menelaus was for sailing homeward at once, and this displeased Agamemnon, who thought ...
and is called by the Delphians Leskhe (Place of Talk), because here in days of old they used to meet and chat about the more serious matters and legendary history . . . Inside this building the whole of the painting on the right depicts Troy taken and the Greeks sailing away . . ....
“All the equipment that a ship needs for all is in due order — lies ready for our departure. Therefore we will make no long delay in our sailing for these things’ sake, when the breezes but blow fair. But, friends, — for common to all is our return to Hellas hereafter, and com...
I walked past the laser-flashing Captain Cook Memorial and Lighthouse on the top of Point Danger built in 1971 for the 200th anniversary of Cook sailing past and naming Point Danger in 1770. The nearby Centaur Memorial remembers the sinking of Australian Hospital Ship Centaur by a Japanese su...