"And spires whose silent finger points to heaven." (?)
"And the white spire that points a world of rest."—Mrs. Sigourney, Connecticut River.
"She walks the waters like a thing of life."—Byron.
"The master bold,
The high-soul'd and the brave,
Who ruled her like a thing of life
Amid the crested wave."—Mrs. Sigourney, Bell of the Wreck.
"Thy heroes, tho' the general doom