Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 145
Never yet upon the earthGrew another spar so vast. Let who will the king deride: Lo ! his war-ship, good and staunch,Utterly refused to glideInto the expectant tide ; Proving more than he could launch. Gone are all her strength and grace. On the teeming river shore Not a splinter marks the place;… … 132
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