. Final memorials of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; . OF THE BUILDING OF THESHIP. The original ending of the Building of the Ship, referred t<on page 319, was this : — How beautiful she is ! How stillShe lies within these arms that pressHer form with many a soft caress !Modelled with such perfect with such watchful care !But, alas ! oh, what and whereShall be the end of a thing so fair? 438 APPENDIX. Wrecked upon some treacherous rock,Or rotting in some noisome dock, —Such the end must be at lengthOf all this loveliness and strength. They who with transcendent powerBuild the gr
. Final memorials of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; . OF THE BUILDING OF THESHIP. The original ending of the Building of the Ship, referred t<on page 319, was this : — How beautiful she is ! How stillShe lies within these arms that pressHer form with many a soft caress !Modelled with such perfect with such watchful care !But, alas ! oh, what and whereShall be the end of a thing so fair? 438 APPENDIX. Wrecked upon some treacherous rock,Or rotting in some noisome dock, —Such the end must be at lengthOf all this loveliness and strength. They who with transcendent powerBuild the great cathedral tower,Build the palaces and domes,Temples of God and princes homes,These leave a record and a he who builds the stately ships,The palaces of sea and air,When he is buried in his graveLeaves no more trace or mark behindThan the sail does in the wind,Than the keel does in the whose dexterous hand could frameAll this beauty, all this grace,In a grave without a nameLies forgotten of his race ! VI. THE TWO Mention has been made (on p. 194) of the inkstand oncebelonging to the poet S. T. Coleridge, and bearing his name ona small ivory plate inserted in the black wood. APPENDIX. 439 To General James Grant Wilson, who brought it from Eng-land, Mr. Longfellow wrote : — Your letter and the valuable present of Mr. S. C. Hall havereached me safely. Please accept my best thanks for the great kind-ness you have shown in taking charge of it and bringing from theOld World a gift so precious as the inkstand of the poet who wrotethe Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Will you be so good as tosend me the present address of Mr. Hall ? . . This was in 1872. Mr. Hall wrote to Mr. Longfellow in1878: — It rejoices me to know that you value so much the common ink-stand of Coleridge, which I had the honor to give you. I have an-other inkstand, — the one to which Moore wrote some very beautifullines, To the Inkstand of the poet George Crabbe. It was be-queat
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