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Subject: PRISON SHIPS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` THE PRISON SHIPS, 1776, by THOMAS WALSH    Poem Text                    
First Line: O martyrdom of hope!-to lie
Last Line: Holds back to god,—earth's brightest answering star.
Alternate Author Name(s): Gill, Roderick; Strange, Garrett
Subject(s): Monuments; New York City - Revolutionary Period; Prison Ships; Ships & Shipping


THE TOMB OF THE PATRIOTS, by PHILIP FRENEAU    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Britain! We cite you to our bar, once more
Last Line: These, once so wretched near manhattan's shore.
Subject(s): Cemeteries; Death; Graves; New York City - Revolutionary Period; Patriotism; Prison Ships; Graveyards; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones