"She's built of
From deck to keel,
And bolted strong and tight;
In scorn she'll
The fiercest gale,
And pierce the darkest night."The builder's
Has proved each
Throughout her breadth and length;
Deep in the hulk,
Of her mighty bulk,
Ten thousand Titans' strength."The tempest howls,
The Ice Wolf prowls,
The winds they shift and veer,
But calm I sleep,
And faith I
In the word of an engineer.
Along the
Of the slender
The train, like a nightmare,
And dashes
Through the black-mouthed
Where the cavernous tunnel lies.
Over the ridge,
Across the bridge,
Swung twixt the sky and hell,
On an iron
Spun from the
Of the man in a draughtsman's cell.
And so we
Over land and tide,
Without a thought of fear—Man never
The faith in
That he has in an engineer!
