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Subject: PORTER, DAVID (1780-1843)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ON THE CAPTURE OF THE UNITED STATES FRIGATE ESSEX, by PHILIP FRENEAU    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: From cruising near the southern pole
Last Line: And though commanded by a lord %they'll have no cause to brag
Subject(s): Essex (ship); Navy - United States; Porter, David (1780-1843); Valparaiso, Battle Of; War Of 1812


THE BATTLE OF VALPARAISO, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: From the laurel's fairest bough
Last Line: "crying, 'sweetly may they sleep / 'neath the wave'"
Subject(s): "navy - United States;porter, David (1780-1843);valparaiso, Battle Of;war Of 1812;" American Navy


THE SEA GULL, by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I seek not the grove where the wood-robins whistle
Last Line: And a white wing flap o'er his early grave.
Subject(s): Navy - United States; Porter, David (1780-1843); Ships & Shipping; American Navy