Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE STEAM-ENGINE: CANTO 4: LORD STANHOPE'S STEAMER, by T. BAKER First Line: Lord stanhope hit upon a novel plan Last Line: Alas! The duck was doom'd not to succeed! Subject(s): Stanhope, Charles. Lord Mahon (1753-1816; Steamboats | ||||||||
LORD STANHOPE hit upon a novel plan Of bringing forth this vast Leviathan {This notion first Genevois' genius struck); His frame was made to emulate the duck; Webb'd feet had he, in Ocean's brine to play; With whale-like might he whirl'd aloft the spray; But made with all this splash but little speed; Alas! the duck was doom'd not to succeed! | Other Poems of Interest...MID-OCEAN by WILLIAM ROSE BENET TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 2. ON AN ATLANTIC STEAMSHIP by EDWARD CARPENTER SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD: 2. THE OCEAN STEAMER by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH REFLECTIONS, ON CROSSING LAKE CHAMPLAIN IN A STEAMBOAT by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON THE STEAMBOAT by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES GRACE DARLING; OR THE WRECK OF THE 'FORFARSHIRE' by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL THE BURNING OF THE STEAMER 'CITY OF MONTREAL.' by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL THE WRECK OF THE STEAMER 'LONDON'; WHILE ON HER WAY TO AUSTRALIA by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL THE WRECK OF THE STEAMER 'STELLA' by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL THE STEAM-ENGINE: CANTO 10. ROSES ALL THE WAY by T. BAKER THE STEAM-ENGINE: CANTO 10. THE DEATH OF HUSKISSON by T. BAKER |
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