Century Sailing Ship

Famous quotes containing the words sailing and/or ship:

    The Colonel went out sailing,
    He spoke with Turk and Jew
    With Christian and with Infidel
    For all tongues he knew.
    “O what’s a wifeless man?” said he
    And he came sailing home.
    William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    I saw a ship a-sailing,
    A-sailing on the sea,
    Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. I saw a ship a-sailing (l. 1–2)