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First Line: A yankee ship and a yankee crew
Last Line: "'old ironsides' means victory, / acrost the western ocean"
Subject(s): Constitution (ship);sea Battles;war Of 1812; Naval Warfare


A UTILITARIAN VIEW OF THE MONITOR'S FIGHT, by HERMAN MELVILLE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Plain be the phrase, yet apt the verse
Last Line: And a singe runs through lace and feather.
Subject(s): American Civil War; Monitor (ship); Sea Battles; United States - History; Naval Warfare


AN ALL NIGHT SEA FIGHT, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Ye sons of mars, come list to me
Last Line: After thecannonading had ceased and the fighting was o'er.
Subject(s): British West Indies; Sea Battles; Naval Warfare


BARNEY'S INVITATION, by PHILIP FRENEAU    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Come all ye lads who know no fear
Last Line: Success to the hyder ali.
Subject(s): American Revolution; Barney, Joshua (1759-1818); Navy - United States; Sea Battles; American Navy; Naval Warfare


BATTLE OF THE BALTIC, by THOMAS CAMPBELL    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Of nelson and the north / sing the glorious day's reknown
Last Line: Of the brave!
Variant Title(s): The Battle Of Copenhagen
Subject(s): Baltic Sea; Napoleon I (1769-1821); Nelson, Horatio, Viscount (1758-1805); Sea Battles; War; Naval Warfare


CASABIANCA, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The boy stood on the burning deck
Last Line: Was that young, faithful heart.
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea
Subject(s): Sea Battles; Tragedy; Naval Warfare


CERVERA, by BERTRAND SHADWELL    Poem Text                    
First Line: Hail to thee, gallant foe!
Last Line: Honor above them.
Subject(s): Admirals; Cervera, Pasquale De (1839-1909); Navy - Spain; Sea Battles; Spanish-american War (1898); Spanish Navy; Naval Warfare


COMMEMORATIVE OF A NAVAL VICTORY, by HERMAN MELVILLE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Sailors there are of gentlest breed
Last Line: Glides white through the phosphorus sea.
Subject(s): American Civil War; Sea Battles; United States - History; Naval Warfare


COMRADES, by HENRY R. DORR    Poem Text                    
First Line: Now from their slumber waking
Last Line: To the beat of the muffled drum!
Subject(s): Sea Battles; Spanish-american War (1898); Naval Warfare


DEFEAT AND VICTORY, by WALLACE RICE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Through the clangor of cannon
Last Line: Don't give up the ship!
Alternate Author Name(s): Groot, Cecil De
Subject(s): Chesapeake (ship); Lawrence, James (1781-1813); Sea Battles; War Of 1812; Naval Warfare


EDITHA, by MATILDA BARBARA BETHAM-EDWARDS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Breathing the violet-scented gale
Last Line: Of mingled reverence and love.
Alternate Author Name(s): Betham, Mary Matilda; Edwards, Matilda B.; Edwards, B. M.
Subject(s): Sea Battles; Widows & Widowers; Naval Warfare


ELEGIAC SONNET: 83. THE SEA VIEW, by CHARLOTTE SMITH    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The upland shepherd, as reclined he lies
Last Line: Ah! Thus man spoils heaven's glorious works with blood!
Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Charlotte Turner
Subject(s): Sea Battles; Naval Warfare


ENTERPRISE AND BOXER (1), by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "again columbia's stripes, unfurl'd"
Last Line: "and more, much more can be obtain'd / upon the same condition"
Subject(s): Boxer (ship);enterprise (ship);sea Battles;war Of 1812; Naval Warfare


FIRST FRUITS IN 1812 [AUGUST 19, 1812], by WALLACE RICE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: What is that a-billowing there
Last Line: Found a prize, a bully battle, and a breeze!
Alternate Author Name(s): Groot, Cecil De
Subject(s): Constitution (ship); Guerriere (ship); Hull, Isaac (1773-1843); Navy - United States; Sea Battles; War Of 1812; American Navy; Naval Warfare


HALIFAX STATION, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: From halifax station a bully there came
Last Line: "saying, 'we'll fight for our country, do all things that's right, / and let the world know, that gr
Subject(s): "constitution (ship);guerriere (ship);hull, Isaac (1773-1843);sea Battles;war Of 1812;" Naval Warfare


HOBSON AND HIS MEN, by ROBERT LOVEMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Hobson went towards death and hell
Last Line: Hobson and his men.
Subject(s): Hobson, Richmond Pearson (1870-1937); Sea Battles; Spanish-american War (1898); Naval Warfare


HOW THE CUMBERLAND WENT DOWN [MARCH 8, 1862], by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Gray swept the angry waves
Last Line: As the cumberland went down.
Subject(s): American Civil War; Cumberland (ship); Hampton Roads, Virginia; Sea Battles; United States - History; Virginia (ship); Naval Warfare; Merrimac (ship)


JACK CREAMER [OCTOBER 25, 1812], by JAMES JEFFREY ROCHE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The boarding nettings are triced for fight
Last Line: And the nation was close to its maker then.
Variant Title(s): Jack Cramer
Subject(s): Decatur, Stephen (1779-1820); Sea Battles; United States (ship); War Of 1812; Naval Warfare


KEARSARGE, by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Sunday in old england
Last Line: Lords of the lonely deep.
Subject(s): American Civil War; Kearsarge (ship); Sea Battles; U.s. - History; Naval Warfare


KEARSARGE AND ALABAMA, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "it was early sunday morning, in the year of sixty-four"
Last Line: "hoist up the flag, and long may it waive, / god bless america, the home of the brave!"
Subject(s): "alabama (ship);american Civil War;cherbourg, France;kearsarge (ship);sea Battles;u.s. - History;winslow, John Ancrum (1811-1873);" Naval Warfare


KEEP THE FLAG WAVING, JACK!, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Only a boy, but never you mind!
Last Line: God bless our boys!
Subject(s): Boys; Sea Battles; World War I; Naval Warfare; First World War


LORD EXMOUTH'S VICTORY AT ALGIERS, 1816, by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The sun looked bright upon the morning tide
Last Line: In glorious victory.
Subject(s): Navy - Great Britain; Pellew, Edward. 1st Viscount Exmouth; Sea Battles; English Navy; Naval Warfare


LOST ABOARD U.S.S. 'GROWLER'; IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM HICKEY, 1944, by CHARLES OLSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Black at that depth
Variant Title(s): Pacific Lament
Subject(s): Sailing & Sailors; Sea Battles; World War Ii; Naval Warfare; Second World War


MUGFORD'S VICTORY, by JOHN WHITE CHADWICK    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Our mother, the pride of us all
Last Line: And who brought him, though dead, to his own!
Subject(s): American Revolution; Mugford, James; Navy - United States; Sea Battles; American Navy; Naval Warfare


NEWPORT NEWS, by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The huge sea monster, the 'merrimac'
Last Line: And that is the picture of newport news.
Alternate Author Name(s): Miller, Joaquin
Subject(s): American Civil War; Monitor (ship); Newport News, Virginia; Sea Battles; U.s. - History; Virginia (ship); Naval Warfare; Merrimac (ship)


ON BOARD THE CUMBERLAND, by GEORGE HENRY BOKER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Stand to your guns, men!' morris cried
Last Line: For those beneath the wave!
Variant Title(s): Attack Of The Cumberland
Subject(s): American Civil War; Cumberland (ship); Hampton Roads, Virginia; Morris, George Upham; Sea Battles; United States - History; Virginia (ship); Naval Warfare; Merrimac (ship)


ON THE CAPTURE OF THE GUERRIERE, by PHILIP FRENEAU    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Long the tyrant of our coast
Last Line: Dacre and the guerriere!
Subject(s): Constitution (ship); Navy - Great Britain; Sea Battles; War Of 1812; English Navy; Naval Warfare


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


ON THE MEMORABLE VICTORY OF PAUL JONES, by PHILIP FRENEAU    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: O'er the rough main with flowing sheet
Last Line: They trembled and ador'd.
Variant Title(s): Bonhomme Richard And Serapis
Subject(s): American Revolution; Bon Homme Richard (ship); Jones, John Paul (1747-1792); Navy - United States; Sea Battles; American Navy; Naval Warfare


ON THE SINKING OF THE VICTORIA, by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Has nelson heard?'
Last Line: "o, nobly died! O glorious englishmen!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Brown, T. E.
Subject(s): Nelson, Horatio, Viscount (1758-1805); Sea Battles; Naval Warfare


ON THE VICTORY OBTAINED BY ADMIRAL BLAKE, by ANDREW MARVELL    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Now does spain's fleet her spacious wings unfold
Last Line: And tells the world, how much to you it owes.
Subject(s): Admirals; Blake, Robert (1599-1657); Sea Battles; Naval Warfare


PAUL JONES (2), by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: An american frigate from baltimore came
Last Line: "we'll drink to brave paul jones, who, with sword in hand, / shone foremost in action, and gave us c
Subject(s): "jones, John Paul (1747-1792);sea Battles;" Naval Warfare


PRAYER AT SEA AFTER VICTORY, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Through evening's bright repose
Last Line: Oh! To the banner and the shrine be true!
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea
Subject(s): Prayer; Sea Battles; Victory; Naval Warfare


SANTIAGO, by THOMAS ALLIBONE JANVIER    Poem Text                    
First Line: In the stagnant pride of an outworn race
Last Line: So the fight was won that our sampson planned!
Subject(s): Santiago, Battle Of (1898); Santiago, Cuba; Sea Battles; Spanish-american War (1898); Naval Warfare


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


SIR RICHARD GRENVILLE'S LAST FIGHT, by GERALD MASSEY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Our second richard lion heart
Last Line: In our great day that comes apace.
Alternate Author Name(s): Bandiera
Subject(s): Grenville, Sir Richard (1542-1591); Sea Battles; Naval Warfare


SMALL CRAFT, by CICELY FOX SMITH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: When drake sailed out from devon to
Last Line: All honour be to small craft, for oh! They've earned it well!
Subject(s): Fights; Perseverance; Sea Battles; Ships & Shipping; World War I; Naval Warfare; First World War


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


SPAIN'S LAST ARMADA, by WALLACE RICE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: They fling their flags upon the morn
Last Line: To shed their lurid lustre on the empire that was spain.
Alternate Author Name(s): Groot, Cecil De
Subject(s): Courage; Navy - Spain; Sea Battles; Spanish-american War (1898); Valor; Bravery; Spanish Navy; Naval Warfare


STRIKE THE BLOW, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: The four-way winds of the world have blown
Last Line: Ye are king of the land and king of the foam. / strike the blow!
Subject(s): Cuba;sea Battles;spanish-american War (1898); Naval Warfare


TAILLEFER THE TROUVERE, by CLINTON SCOLLARD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: They sailed in their long gray galleys, they tossed on the narrow sea
Last Line: On the verge of the fight at senlac with a song upon his lips!
Subject(s): Death; Heroism; Sea Battles; War; Dead, The; Heroes; Heroines; Naval Warfare


THE ALABAMA, by MAURICE BELL    Poem Text                    
First Line: She has gone to the bottom! The wrath of the tide
Last Line: And the brave ship that bore him to glory!
Subject(s): Alabama (ship); American Civil War; Sea Battles; United States - History; Naval Warfare


THE ATTACK, by THOMAS BUCHANAN READ    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In hampton roads, the airs of march were bland
Last Line: She sank, thank god! Unsoiled by foot of traitor!
Subject(s): American Civil War; Cumberland (ship); Hampton Roads, Virginia; Morris, George Upham; Sea Battles; U.s. - History; Virginia (ship); Naval Warfare; Merrimac (ship)


THE BALLAD OF THE CLAMPHERDOWN, by RUDYARD KIPLING    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: It was our war-ship clampherdown
Last Line: And as it still shall be.
Subject(s): Navy - Great Britain; Sea Battles; English Navy; Naval Warfare


THE BATTLE OF PLATTSBURG BAY [SEPTEMBER 11, 1814], by CLINTON SCOLLARD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Plattsburg bay! Plattsburg bay!
Last Line: And humbled her pride who is queen of the main!
Subject(s): Macdonough, Thomas (1783-1825); Plattsburg Bay, Battle Of; Sea Battles; War Of 1812; Naval Warfare


THE BATTLE OF THE BIGHT (NAVAL ACTION IN THE BIGHT OF HELIGOLAND), by WILLIAM WATSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: As rose the misty sun
Last Line: Nor have they shamed their sire.
Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William
Subject(s): Helgoland Bight, Battle Of; Sea Battles; World War I; Naval Warfare; First World War


THE BRITISH PRISON-SHIP, by PHILIP FRENEAU    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Amid these ills no tyrant dared refuse
Last Line: And his last efforts more than damn the first.
Subject(s): American Revolution; Hospitals; Navy - Great Britain; Prisons & Prisoners; Sea Battles; English Navy; Convicts; Naval Warfare


THE BROOKLYN AT SANTIAGO, by WALLACE RICE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Twixt clouded heights spain hurls to doom
Last Line: On such a ship!
Alternate Author Name(s): Groot, Cecil De
Subject(s): Brooklyn (ship); Santiago, Cuba; Schley, Winfield Scott (1839-1909); Sea Battles; Spanish-american War (1898); Naval Warfare


THE CHIVALRY OF THE SEA, by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Over the warring waters, beneath the wandering skies
Last Line: The wide-warring water, under the starry skies.
Alternate Author Name(s): Bridges, Robert+(2)
Subject(s): Sea Battles; World War I; Naval Warfare; First World War


THE CONSTELLATION AND THE INSURGENTE (1), by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "come all ye yankee sailors, with swords and pikes advance"
Last Line: And now 'the girl we love the most!' / my brave yankee boys
Variant Title(s): Truxton's Victory; Or Brave Yankee Boys
Subject(s): "constellation (ship);insurgente (ship);navy - United States;sea Battles;truxtun, Thomas (1755-1822);" "american Navy;naval Warfare;truxton, Thomas;


THE CONSTITUTION AND THE GUERRIERE (4), by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: I often have been told
Last Line: "since we hooked you in the gill, / don't boast upon dacres the grandee o"
Subject(s): "constitution (ship);guerriere (ship);hull, Isaac (1773-1843);sea Battles;war Of 1812;" Naval Warfare


THE CRUISE OF THE 'ROVER', A.D. 1575, by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: They sailed away one morning when sowing-time was over
Last Line: Then kissed each other silently, and hand in hand they died.
Subject(s): Navy - Great Britain; Sea Battles; Ships & Shipping; English Navy; Naval Warfare


THE CRUISE OF THE MONITOR [MARCH 9, 1862], by GEORGE M. BAKER    Poem Text                    
First Line: Out of a northern city's bay
Last Line: Hurrah for the monitor's famous cruise!
Subject(s): American Civil War; Hampton Roads, Virginia; Monitor (ship); Sea Battles; United States - History; Virginia (ship); Naval Warfare; Merrimac (ship)


THE CUMBERLAND, by HERMAN MELVILLE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Some names there are of telling sound
Last Line: Cumberland! Cumberland!
Subject(s): American Civil War; Cumberland (ship); Hampton Roads, Virginia; Sea Battles; United States - History; Virginia (ship); Naval Warfare; Merrimac (ship)


THE CUMBERLAND [MARCH 8, 1862], by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: At anchor in hampton roads we lay
Last Line: And without a seam!
Subject(s): American Civil War; Cumberland (ship); Hampton Roads, Virginia; Patriotism; Sea Battles; United States - History; Virginia (ship); Naval Warfare; Merrimac (ship)


THE DESTROYER OF DESTROYERS, by WALLACE RICE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: From santiago, spurning the morrow
Last Line: Wainwright! The gloucester!
Alternate Author Name(s): Groot, Cecil De
Subject(s): Gloucester (ship); Navy - United States; Santiago, Cuba; Sea Battles; Spanish-american War (1898); Troy; Wainwright, Richard (1817-1862); American Navy; Naval Warfare


THE EAGLE AND THE VULTURE, by THOMAS BUCHANAN READ    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In cherbourg roads the pirate lay
Last Line: "and for heroes like winslow is shouting, ""thank god!"
Subject(s): Alabama (ship); American Civil War; Cherbourg, France; Kearsarge (ship); Sea Battles; U.s. - History; Winslow, John Ancrum (1811-1873); Naval Warfare


THE FAMOUS FIGHT AT MALAGO, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Come all you brave sailors that sails on the main
Last Line: Because with five frigates we did them destroy
Subject(s): Navy - Great Britain;sea;sea Battles; English Navy;ocean;naval Warfare


THE LETTER OF MARQUE, by CAROLINE FRANCES ORNE    Poem Text                    
First Line: We had sailed out a letter of marque
Last Line: We shall see and hear, to our dying day.
Subject(s): Sea Battles; Shoal Of George's, Massachusetts; Naval Warfare


THE MEN OF THE MERRIMAC, by CLINTON SCOLLARD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Hail to hobson! Hail to hobson! Hail to all the valiant set
Last Line: Shame upon us, shame upon us, should the nation e'er forget!
Subject(s): Courage; Hobson, Richmond Pearson (1870-1937); Sea Battles; Spanish-american War (1898); Valor; Bravery; Naval Warfare


THE OCEAN-FIGHT, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: The sun had sunk beneath the west
Last Line: "full many a bard shall chant his lays, / their requiem"
Subject(s): Avon (ship);sea Battles;war Of 1812;wasp (ship); Naval Warfare


THE PRIZE OF THE MARGARETTA, by WILLIAM MCKENDREE CARLETON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Four young men, of a monday morn
Last Line: That men may follow and boys may lead.
Alternate Author Name(s): Carleton, Will
Subject(s): American Revolution; Margaretta (ship); Navy - United States; Sea Battles; American Navy; Naval Warfare


THE QUARTER-GUNNER'S YARN, by HENRY JOHN NEWBOLT    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: We lay at st. Helen's, and easy she rode
Last Line: Who fought in the victory off cape traflagar.
Subject(s): Sea Battles; Naval Warfare


THE REBEL SURPRISE NEAR TAMAI, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Twas on the 22nd of march, in the year 1885
Last Line: Just equally the same as in a foreign land.
Subject(s): Fights; Pity; Revolutions; Sea Battles; War; Naval Warfare


THE REVENGE; A BALLAD OF THE FLEET, by ALFRED TENNYSON    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: At flores in the azores sir richard grenville lay
Last Line: To be lost evermore in the main.
Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron
Subject(s): England; Grenville, Sir Richard (1542-1591); Revenge (ship); Sea Battles; English; Naval Warfare


THE SEA FIGHT; IN MEMORIAM CAPTAIN PROWSE, by THOMAS HARDY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Down went the grand 'queen mary'
Last Line: With his comrades all around.
Subject(s): Sea Battles; World War I; Naval Warfare; First World War


THE SEAFIGHT IN 1692, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "thursday in the morn, the ides of may"
Last Line: Let us drink to every english tar
Subject(s): Sea Battles; Naval Warfare


THE SECOND ADVICE TO A PAINTER FOR DRAWING HISTORY .. NAVAL BUSYNESSE, by ANDREW MARVELL    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Nay painter, if thou dar'st design that fight
Last Line: Kings are in war but cards: they're gods in peace.
Subject(s): Great Britain - Dutch War (1664-1667); Paintings And Painters; Sea Battles; Waller, Edmund (1606-1687); 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


THE SINKING OF THE MERRIMAC [MAY 10, 1862], by LUCY LARCOM    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: Gone down in the flood, and gone out in the flame!
Last Line: Then sink them together, -- the ship and the name!
Subject(s): American Civil War; Sea Battles; United States - History; Virginia (ship); Naval Warfare; Merrimac (ship)


THE SOUTH CAROLINA, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: My dear brother ned
Last Line: "she will us attend, / for the south carolina we've lost"
Subject(s): American Revolution;navy - United States;sea Battles;south Carolina (ship); American Navy;naval Warfare


THE TEMERAIRE, by HERMAN MELVILLE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The gloomy hulls, in armor grim
Last Line: O, the temeraire no more!
Subject(s): American Civil War; Art & Artists; Paintings & Painters; Sea Battles; Turner, Joseph Mallord W. (1775-1851); United States - History; Naval Warfare


THE THIRD ADVICE TO A PAINTER, by ANDREW MARVELL    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Sandwich in spain now, and the duke in love
Last Line: To woods and groves what once she painted sings.
Subject(s): Great Britain - Dutch War (1664-1667); Paintings And Painters; Politics & Government; Sea Battles; Naval Warfare


THE TURTLE, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "caesar, afloat with his fortunes!"
Last Line: Of the old sea-hoss / and a regular terror-pin
Subject(s): American Civil War;sea Battles;u.s. - History;virginia (ship); Naval Warfare;merrimac (ship)


THE UNITED STATES AND MACEDONIAN (1), by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: How glows each yankee patriot bosom that boasts yankee heart
Last Line: "who 'fore they'd strike, will nobly sink / our yankee boys"
Subject(s): Macedonian (ship);sea Battles;united States (ship);war Of 1812; Naval Warfare


THE UNITED STATES AND MACEDONIAN (2), by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: The banner of freedom high floated unfurled
Last Line: "shall ne'er be known to yield - be known to yield or fly, / her motto is 'glory! We can conquer or
Subject(s): Macedonian (ship);sea Battles;united States (ship);war Of 1812; Naval Warfare


THE VICTORY-WRECK, by WILLIAM MCKENDREE CARLETON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O stealthily-creeping merrimac
Last Line: "and even our foemen cheer!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Carleton, Will
Subject(s): Hobson, Richmond Pearson (1870-1937); Sea Battles; Spanish-american War (1898); Naval Warfare


THE WASP'S FROLIC, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Twas on board the sloop-of-war wasp boys
Last Line: "but fate on our laurels was frowning, / we were taken by a seventy-four"
Subject(s): Frolic (ship);sea Battles;war Of 1812;wasp (ship); Naval Warfare


THR DEATH OF CAPTAIN HUNT, by H. T. MACKENZIE BELL    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The watch on board the unicorn
Alternate Author Name(s): Bell, Mackenzie
Subject(s): Sea Battles; Great Britain - Navy; Death; Naval Warfare; Dead, The


TRUXTON'S VICTORY (2), by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "when freedom, fair freedom, her banner display'd"
Last Line: "resolved, firm, and steady / to fight, and to conquer, to conquer or die"
Subject(s): "navy - United States;sea Battles;truxtun, Thomas (1755-1822);" "american Navy;naval Warfare;truxton, Thomas;