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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SOLOMON'S SHIPS, by JOHN E. REINECKE First Line: Ships, sailing so calmly Last Line: And ebon wood to fashion three hundred cradles. Subject(s): Navy - Israeli; Ships & Shipping; Solomon (10th Century B.c.) | |||
Ships, sailing so calmly, Gliding so gracefully, Why sail you, and whither? -- We sail at our lord Solomon's call To Ezion-gaber. -- Ships, with your hulls of brass so burnished, Burnished past the sheen of white silver, What burthens bear you to your lord Solomon, Of wisdom and kingly gifts the giver? -- Peacocks and slaves, Apes anthropoidal, Rubies and lapis, Fine gold in coffers, Diamonds from the womb of the Afric mountain, And ebon wood to fashion three hundred cradles. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SOLOMON TO SHEBA by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS SOLOMON AND THE WITCH by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS SOLOMON'S PARENTS by GORDON BOTTOMLEY SOLOMON AND BALKIS by ROBERT BROWNING THE WANDERER: 5. IN HOLLAND: KING SOLOMON by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON ON PRIOR'S SOLOMON by JOHN BYROM SOLOMON'S PRAYER by MARY HAMPDEN CUTTS THE DEAD SOLOMON by JOHN AYLMER DORGAN DEAD AT ELEVEN by JOHN E. REINECKE |
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