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Subject: GENERAL MONK (SHIP)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ON THE LATE ROYAL SLOOP-OF-WAR GENERAL MONK, by PHILIP FRENEAU    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When the washington ship by the english was beat
Last Line: "all her guns should be wooden -- to suit with his head."
Subject(s): American Revolution; General Monk (ship); Montagu, John, 4th Earl Of Sandwich; Navy - United States; Sea Battles; Twitcher, Jemmy; American Navy; Naval Warfare


SONG ON CAPTAIN BARNEY'S VICTORY OVER SHIP GENERAL MONK, by PHILIP FRENEAU    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: O'er the waste of waters cruising
Last Line: Yields the sceptre of the main.
Subject(s): American Revolution; Barney, Joshua (1759-1818); General Monk (ship); Navy - United States; Sea Battles; American Navy; Naval Warfare