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Subject: SHANNON (SHIP)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` BATTLE OF THE SHANNON AND CHESAPEAKE; A BRITISH BALLAD, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: On board the shannon frigate in the merry month of may
Last Line: Likewise to gallant captain broke and all his valiant crew, %who beat the bold americans and brought
Subject(s): Navy - United States; Sea Battles; Shannon (ship); War Of 1812


SHANNON AND CHESAPEAKE; A BRITISH CELEBRATORY BALLAD, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "the chesapeake so bold, / out of boston, I've [or, we've] been told"
Last Line: "the true british sailor / is the dandy, o!"
Subject(s): Chesapeake (ship);sea Battles;shannon (ship);war Of 1812; Naval Warfare


THE SHANNON AND THE CHESAPEAKE [JUNE 1, 1813], by THOMAS TRACY BOUVE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The captain of the shannon came sailing up the bay
Last Line: They lie apart at the mother-heart of god's eternal sea.
Subject(s): Chesapeake (ship); Courage; Sea Battles; Shannon (ship); War Of 1812; Valor; Bravery; Naval Warfare