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This 1830 poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes helped save the title warship from being dismantled |
"Old Ironsides"
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$800 |
DJ |
AMERICAN POETRY |
2025-09-15 |
#9391 |
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"Antique" title of a poem about a warship that mentions "her deck, once red with heroes' blood" |
"Old Ironsides"
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$400 |
DJ |
WELL VERSED IN POETRY |
2021-05-18 |
#8402 |
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This patriotic Oliver Wendell Holmes poem warns, "the harpies of the shore shall pluck the eagle of the sea!" |
"Old Ironsides"
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$1,200 |
DJ |
POETS & POETRY |
2020-10-16 |
#8260 |
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Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote this poem as a call to help save the USS Constitution from demolition |
"Old Ironsides"
DD
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$1,000 |
J |
AMERICAN POETRY |
2018-04-27 |
#7750 |
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Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote of this ship, "Oh better that her shattered hulk should sink beneath the wave" |
"Old Ironsides"
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$600 |
DJ |
POETS & POETRY |
1996-06-21 |
#2735 |
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Oliver Wendell Holmes began this poem, "Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high" |
"Old Ironsides"
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$400 |
DJ |
POETS & POETRY |
1991-03-29 |
#1525 |