Once, there were three sisters
who set out into the world.
In time, the second became a household name
for her beauty and her grace;
the others remained in her shadow.
Two of them met a fatal end.
The eldest survived, and lived
a good, long life.
The second sister, the grandest of her time,
met a tragic end after striking an iceberg”,
she rests now in the bed of the Atlantic.
The third sister, though retired after the tragedy,
was recommissioned as a hospital ship—
only to be blown apart by a German mine.
But the eldest sister survived.
She served her country
and finally retired gracefully,
without much fanfare.
They were ‐ Olympic, Titanic and Britannic.