A rhyme of ancient mariners

摘要

"The terrible Stone Fleet, on a mission as pitiless as the granite that freights it, sailed this morning from Point Royal," wrote poet Herman Melville as the Stone Fleet set off, "and before two days are past will have made Charleston an inland city. The ships are all old whalers, and cost the government from $2500 to $5000 each. Some of them were once famous ships."