Down by the flash of the restless water
The dim White Ship like a white bird lay;
Laughing at life and the world they sought her,
And out she swung to the silvering bay.
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This is a lovely and intelligent poem about the White Ship disaster, revealing the revelry that was going on aboard the fleet ship, the Titanic of the 1100’s, crammed with young ambitious men who sailed with King Henry’s son and heir, who died trying to rescue Matilda, his half sister. The tragedy brought on the Anarchy of the next thirty or so years.
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This is a lovely and intelligent poem about the White Ship disaster, revealing the revelry that was going on aboard the fleet ship, the Titanic of the 1100’s, crammed with young ambitious men who sailed with King Henry’s son and heir, who died trying to rescue Matilda, his half sister. The tragedy brought on the Anarchy of the next thirty or so years.