The Ships that won't Go Down by Henry Lawson

We hear a great commotion / 'Bout the ship that comes to grief, / That founders in mid-ocean, / Or is driven on a reef; / Because it's cheap and brittle / A score of sinners drown. / But we hear but mighty little / Of the ships that won't go down.

Here's honour to the builders -- / The builders of the past; / Here's honour to the builders / That builded ships to last; / Here's honour to the captain, / And honour to the crew; / Here's double-column head-lines / To the ships that battle through.