Deck and port, or, Incidents of a cruise in the United States frigate Congress to California : with sketches of Rio Janeiro, Valparaiso, Lima, Honolulu, and San Francisco (1850)
aversed, and to roll us yet wider asunder ; and then this war-cloud on the hori- zon ! But there is one separation, one which awaits us all, still wider than this — the chasm of the grave. Over that no signals extend, and no messenger-bird hath winged its way. I have walked in its pale light for…
Congress (Frigate : 1841-1862) · Voyages to the Pacific coast · Travel
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