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Subject: HORNET (SHIP)
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HORNET, OR VICTORY NUMBER FIVE, by SAMUEL WOODWORTH    Poem Source                 Poet's Biography
First Line: Rejoice, rejoice, fredonia's sons rejoice
Last Line: Our tars shall mars protect beneath our stars, %and fredonia's eagle hover o'er the sea
Subject(s): Hornet (ship); Navy - United States; Sea Battles; War Of 1812


PEACOCK STUNG BY THE HORNET, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                
First Line: When o'er the blue and trackless deep
Last Line: For every true columbian tar, %will hail him hero of the wa r
Subject(s): Hornet (ship); Navy - United States; Sea Battles; War Of 1812


THE WASP AND THE HORNET, by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES    Poem Text                 Poet's Biography
First Line: The two proud sisters of the sea
Last Line: The paths they swept of old!
Subject(s): Hornet (ship); Navy - United States; Wasp (ship); American Navy