Give me a spirit that on this life's rough sea Loves t'have his sails filled with a lusty wind, Even till his sail-yards tremble, his masts crack, And his ship run on her side so low That she drinks water, and her keel plows air. George Chapman
The vessel, though her masts be firm, Beneath her copper bears a worm. Henry David Thoreau
The horns came riding in like the rainbow masts of silver ships. Peter S. Beagle
As the English sailed forward, they looked towards Sluys and saw such a huge number of ships that their masts resembled a forest. Jean Froissart
The ship was masted according to the proportion of the navy; but on my application the masts were shortened, as I thought them too much for her, considering the nature of the voyage. William Bligh
The white face of the winter day came sluggishly on, veiled in a frosty mist and the shadowy ships in the river slowly changed to black substances and the sun, blood-red on the eastern marshes behind dark masts and yards, seemed filled with the ruins of a forest it had set on fire. Charles Dickens