Read full poem →And the beach boys were invited to his ship to lunch.
The galley of that ship was Negro and it was one of the
best of ‘“‘good”’ ships.
Dictionary Entry
A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually referring to rowed warships used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.
Origin
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Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “galley”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →They'are our clogges, not their owne; if a man bee 15
Chain'd to a galley, yet the galley'is free;
Who hath a plow-land, casts all his seed corne there,
Read full poem →Plump infant laughers mimicking the coil
Of seamen, and stout galley-rowers' toil:
With toying oars and silken sails they glide,
Read full poem →Or only know on land the Tartar’s home !%
My tent on shore, my galley on the sea,
Are more than cities and Serais to me:
Read full poem →And at the secret marble stair
My Tyrian galley waits for thee.
Come down! the purple sail is spread,
Read full poem →And at the secret marble stair
My Tyrian galley waits for thee.
Come down! the purple sail is spread,
Read full poem →Hast thou forgotten that impassioned boy,
His purple galley and his Tyrian men
And treacherous Aphrodite’s mocking eyes?
Read full poem →Fool to resume her broken chain,
And row her galley here again!
Fool, to that body to return
Read full poem →Fool to resume her broken chain,
And row her galley here again!
Fool, to that body to return
Read full poem →My galley charged with forgetfulness
Thorough sharp seas, in winter nights doth pass