A Tribute to the Titanic

They hailed her immortal,

Though made of mortal hands.

Her side’s massive hulk,

Could not be penetrated.

She cried “I’m Unsinkable!”

The Titans of old, defeated:

She defied their fate;

And boasted of a better

Life than theirs in fetters.

She, match their doom?  Unthinkable. 

In all her glorious pride

She set out for fortune;

But with her head so high

She stumbled and she fell.

Never such a fall.  Unspeakable.

For a century she’s lain

On the turbid ocean floor,

Where only memory looms

And silent graves entomb.

There she lies:  the Great Unsinkable!