Galleon Quotes

The wind was a torrent of darkness upon the gusty trees, The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, The road was a ribbon of moonlight looping the purple moor, And the highwayman came riding - Riding - riding - The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn door. (Alfred Noyes)
But you I never understood, Your spirit's secret hides like gold Sunk in a Spanish galleon Ages ago in waters cold. View quote
Sara Teasdale
Stately as a galleon, I sail across the floor, Doing the military two-step, as in the days of yore. View quote
Joyce Grenfell
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas. View quote
Alfred Noyes
The brave Norwegian drove his vessel head on against the pursuing jelly which rose above the unclean froth like the stern of a daemon galleon. The awful squid-head with writhing feelers came nearly up to the bowsprit of the sturdy yacht, but Johansen drove on relentlessly. There was a bursting as of an exploding bladder, a slushy nastiness as of a cloven sunfish, a stench as of a thousand opened graves, and a sound that the chronicler could not put on paper. For an instant the ship was befouled by an acrid and blinding green cloud, and then there was only a venomous seething astern; where - God in heaven! View quote
H. P. Lovecraft
... the moon riding the fleecy clouds like a golden galleon tossed upon silver-crested whitecaps in a stormy... View quote
Fredric Brown