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Subject: FROLIC (SHIP)
Matches Found: 2

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` THE WASP'S FROLIC, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Twas on board the sloop-of-war wasp boys
Last Line: "but fate on our laurels was frowning, / we were taken by a seventy-four"
Subject(s): Frolic (ship);sea Battles;war Of 1812;wasp (ship); Naval Warfare


WASP STINGING FROLICK, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: A fine little sloop down the delaware came
Last Line: Then fill up your glasses, let's laugh, drink and sing, %andtoast the brave wasp, which the british
Subject(s): Frolic (ship); Sea Battles; War Of 1812; Wasp (ship)