"She's built of steel From deck to keel, And bolted strong and tight; In scorn she'll sail The fiercest gale, And pierce the darkest night. "The builder's art Has proved each part Throughout her breadth and length; Deep in the hulk, Of her mighty bulk, Ten thousand Titans' strength." The tempest howls, The Ice Wolf prowls, The winds they shift and veer, But calm I sleep, And faith I keep In the word of an engineer. Along the trail Of the slender rail The train, like a nightmare, flies And dashes on Through the black-mouthed yawn Where the cavernous tunnel lies. Over the ridge, Across the bridge, Swung twixt the sky and hell, On an iron thread Spun from the head Of the man in a draughtsman's cell. And so we ride Over land and tide, Without a thought of fear — @3Man never had The faith in God That he has in an engineer!@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COLLOQUE SENTIMENTAL by PAUL VERLAINE A DEPOSITION FROM LOVE by THOMAS CAREW THE CHARACTER OF A GOOD PARSON by GEOFFREY CHAUCER TYRANNICK [TYRANNIC] LOVE: EPILOGUE by JOHN DRYDEN ACCOUNTABILITY by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR |