@3Before the wind that greets the sun She bowled along in glee -- The brave old ship whose cannon won The freedom of the sea. And fifteen stripes and fifteen stars She flaunted high in air When Hull's fierce broadsides raked the spars Of England's "Guerriere." The school where heroes proved their worth In gale or battle smoke, Her masts were pines of mountain birth, Her sides were native oak. And proud in sails without a fleck, She rode to meet the foe When Bainbridge walked her quarter-deck A hundred years ago.@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FLOATING MORMON by KAREN SWENSON TO THE LADY IN THE CHIMSETTE WITH BLACK BUTTONS by NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS THE PROEM. TO LOVE by PHILIP AYRES ECLOGUE: THE 'LOTMENTS by WILLIAM BARNES STANZAS ON THE CONVERSION OF THE JEWS by BERNARD BARTON |