With living colours give my verse to glow: The sad memorial of a tale of woe!

- William Falconer

The great weight of the ship may indeed prevent her from acquiring her greatest velocity; but when she has attained it, she will advance by her own i…

- William Falconer

The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may depend, ought cer…

- William Falconer

The fleet being thus more inclosed will more readily observe the signals, and with greater facility form itself into the line of battle a circumstanc…

- William Falconer

Hence a ship is said to head the sea, when her course is opposed to the setting or direction of the surges.

- William Falconer

The admirals of his majesty's fleet are classed into three squadrons, viz. the red, the white, and the blue.

- William Falconer

Of whatsoever number a fleet of ships of war is composed, it is usually divided into three squadrons; and these, if numerous, are again separated int…

- William Falconer

The sacred lamp of day Now dipt in Western clouds his parting day.

- William Falconer

Mental agitations and eating cares are more injurious to health, and destructive of life, than is commonly imagined, and could their effects be colle…

- William Falconer