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The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
 Morn on the waters, and purple and bright
 Bursts on the billows the flushing of light
  O'er read more 
 Morn on the waters, and purple and bright
 Bursts on the billows the flushing of light
  O'er the glad waves, like a child of the sun,
   See the tall vessel goes gallantly on. 
 The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne,
 Burned on the water: the poop was beaten gold;
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 The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne,
 Burned on the water: the poop was beaten gold;
  Purple the sails, and so perfumed that
   The winds were lovesick with them; the oars were silver,
    Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made
     The water which they beat to follow faster,
      As amorous of their strokes. 
 Ships that sailed for sunny isles,
 But never came to shore.  
 Ships that sailed for sunny isles,
 But never came to shore. 
 It would have been as though he [President Andrew Johnson] were 
in a boat of stone with masts of read more 
 It would have been as though he [President Andrew Johnson] were 
in a boat of stone with masts of steel, sails of lead, ropes of 
iron, the devil at the helm, the wrath of God for a breeze, and 
hell for his destination. 
 For she is such a smart little craft,
 Such a neat little, sweet little craft--
  Such a read more 
 For she is such a smart little craft,
 Such a neat little, sweet little craft--
  Such a bright little,
   Tight little,
    Slight little,
     Light little,
      Trim little, slim little craft! 
 When rats leave a sinking ship, where exactly do they think 
they're going?  
 When rats leave a sinking ship, where exactly do they think 
they're going? 
 Build me straight. O worthy Master!
 Staunch and strong, a goodly vessel
  That shall laugh at all read more 
 Build me straight. O worthy Master!
 Staunch and strong, a goodly vessel
  That shall laugh at all disaster,
   And with wave and whirlwind wrestle! 
 A great ship askes deepe waters.
 [A great ship asks deep waters.]  
 A great ship askes deepe waters.
 [A great ship asks deep waters.]