<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=342966" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Naval Constructor</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">He looked upon the ships as they<br>All idly lay at anchor,<br>Their sides with gorgeous workmen gay<br>The riveter and planker</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Republicans and Democrats,<br>Statesmen and politicians.<br>He saw the swarm of prudent rats<br>Swimming for land positions.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He marked each 'belted cruiser' fine,<br>Her poddy life-belts floating<br>In tether where the hungry brine<br>Impinged upon her coating.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He noted with a proud regard,<br>As any of his class would,<br>The poplar mast and poplar yard<br>Above the hull of bass-wood.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He saw the Eastlake frigate tall,<br>With quaintly carven gable,<br>Hip-roof and dormer-window-all<br>With ivy formidable.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In short, he saw our country's hope<br>In best of all conditions-<br>Equipped, to the last spar and rope,<br>By working politicians.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He boarded then the noblest ship<br>And from the harbor glided.<br>'Adieu, adieu!' fell from his lip.<br>Verdict: 'He suicided.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ambrose+Bierce">Ambrose Bierce</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=342966" data-title="The Naval Constructor de Ambrose Bierce" data-description="He looked upon the ships as they All idly lay at anchor, Their sides with gorgeous workmen gay The riveter and planker Republicans and Democrats, Statesmen and politicians. He saw the swarm of prudent rats Swimming for land positions. He marked ..."></div> </div> </div>

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