| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | The Ship | | By Elizabeth Coatsworth |
| | From “Cockle Shells”
“THE SKY is great and the land is great and the ocean is great,” said he; | |
| “And a bird is a lovely thing in the air, and a supple fish in the sea; | |
| And a horse is a beautiful thing to watch, running so gay and free. | |
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| “But a ship that is built of land-grown oak, with her sails in the wind,” said he, | |
| “And who goes and comes in the very thick of the calm and storm of the sea, | 5 |
| Is light as a bird and swift as a fish, and like a horse runs free!” | | | | |
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