‘Cargo boats’ from John Masefield’s poem 15/07/202030/11/2020 A vivid description of boats of several times, ancient, renaissance and modern Quinquereme of Nineveh — with a cargo of ivory and apes and peacocks, sandalwood, cedar wood and sweet white wine — with a cargo of diamonds, emeralds, amethysts, topazes and cinnamon and gold moidores. — with a cargo of Tyne coal, road-rail, pig-lead, firewood, iron-ware and cheap tin trays.