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Richard Hovey: The Sea Gypsy
The Sea GypsyRichard HoveyI am fevered with the sunset, I am fretful with the bay, For the wander-thirst is on me And my soul is in Cathay.There's a schooner in the offing, With her topsails…Samuel ARNOLD, Congress, CT (1806-1869)
ARNOLD Samuel , a Representative from Connecticut; born in Haddam, Conn., June 1, 1806; attended the local academy at Plainfield, Conn., and Westfield Academy, Massachusetts; devoted most of his…The Amistad
The Spanish schooner and its slaves who fueled proslavery ire by Ricco Villanueva Siasoco Steven Spielberg popularized the story of the Spanish slave ship Amistad in his acclaimed 1998 film…Director of Children's Nonprofit
Captain Rick LeFevre Tell us about your work---what do you do? In 1990, I left my job as an electrical engineer and started a nonprofit agency to help…Edwin Ford Piper: Have you an Eye
Have you an EyeEdwin Ford PiperHave you an eye for the trails, the trails, The old mark and the new? What scurried here, what loitered there, In the dust and in the dew?Have you an eye…Walt Whitman: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, Part 3
Part 3It avails not, time nor place—distance avails not, I am with you, you men and women of a generation, or ever so many generations hence, Just as you feel when you look on the river…Tall Sail Ships
Kruzenshtern, Juan Sebastian de Elcano, and Kaiwo Maru II by David Johnson The Russian ship Kruzenshtern Kruzenshtern For sheer size, few ships can match the Russian…Tall Ships:
Danmark, Capitan Miranda, Niagara, HMS Bounty by David Johnson The Danish navy's Danmark The HMS Bounty Danmark The full-rigged Danmark, from Copenhagen, serves as a six-…Walt Whitman: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, Part 9
Part 9Flow on, river! flow with the flood-tide, and ebb with the ebb-tide! Frolic on, crested and scallop-edg'd waves! Gorgeous clouds of the sunset! drench with your splendor me, or the…Brewer's: Brigantine
(3 syl.) or Hermaphrodite Brig. A two-masted vessel with a brig's foremast and a schooner's mainmast. (Dana's Seaman's Manual.) A pirate vessel. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E…Trending
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