Show TO SAVE THE SHIPS FOR THAT PURPOSE TWO POETS HAVE WRITTEN RINGING POEMS talo lnor effort of oilier rnell endell m 11 I 1 1 livi tair of C old ll 11 v v conan doyle in Defend leX neimond tim flunk IX it is worthy of notice that two poets now living have saved the countries to which they belong from lasting la sting disgrace in each instance their indignant verse prevented tile the destruction of ai 1 ship that tha hall had been the tha scene of heroic deec deeds ec S anil 1 I glorious victory it ic Is 19 more than half ill 1 a 11 century since oliver wendell 11 holmes 1 lei wrote ave tear her tattered altered ensign dewill long lim liin it wa waseil ed on ligh and ninny many na an el ei a 0 has ha incer d waco to aco thai bannar in fix tile FIs Beri cath it rung muff the battle ami buat the caric tons roar T tim lie of the ocean air liall ahall Lit ll bc P tho the clouis s no morl more nor deck once red w mills lah heroes blood bloo 1 whole knelt tile vanquished file when min winds minis Is were mere hurr ing ocr t the u ICK and crow bile below no ko more shall feel the victors ur or knew the knue tile harples of 0 the ho etiore shall pluck the eagle cale ot of the alio son boo I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 41 s T DIN 04 0 OLD IRONSIDES ob better that her hill linak should sink t alio llio lie wave ifer her thunders shook the mighty deep and there lucre should bober be her bravo gravo nail to tile timet her holy nag nae bet ct every sail and gai yc e lier her to the god of storms the lightning and thega tLe ea it was this poem that preserved OU old ironsides ono of tile noblest craf crafts ts tha ever carried valiant sailors anil and with stood lion iron hail in the service of tho the unit ell el states of america had it not brer beer for f or Holmes splendid invective she would today bo be nothing save 1 1 il memory lemory A similar experience has lia wently recently asi agi bated tile the patriotic people of england and the has been practically practical I 1 iden biln that which caused the aini versal yankee nation to lay its trib of regard legard at the feet of If olmes some weeks ago the admiralty suld lord net vel sons bons fine old flagship the 10 to a I 1 german firm to be chopped u illic firewood A london paper in annal announce unc ins the fact remarked rema that eliat this was nothing unusual only three years before england sold kalsons nelsons Kel Nel sons pet trophy ol oi the battle of the nile the lie magnificent Car taken from the are french lich and cameil by nelson himself even the victory was nearly neaily eold cold to the slip skip breaker in isa 1830 30 when the llie admiralty of the day proposed to have nelson s trafalgar flagship destroyed it was only hardys blardy s urgent backed by betteis in the papers that saved the victory for england or she too loo would have shared the atte of tilt fighting Teine raire arid and the bellei the threatened fate liow how ever was harder hai than the fate of these she the only existing ship except victory in which nelson fought was to tc be broken up in a foreign laud by german firewood traders sr TUE the firm that bought her for bouc of feied after the popular remonstrance had bad taken form to sell the vessel to eng land for five times the surn sum they had pai paid dout out alien conan doyle novelist wrote this poem who soya says the purse la is lean ie in wio fears for claim or bond or debt a all I 1 the ile glodics that be bao cl been are arc as 0 ash asset it if times wo aio black and trade is slack if coil coal and cotton fall fail tit lost last woi weli c e bo merLing left to lo bart bailar cret et our glorious pat past thares many mady ft a lot iu in which lies bid tile the dust of or of king kide theres Shake lioio to raise a bid and house its pi ice would bring what for tile emord that crommell drem what for ho be princea coat of mail what for our saxon A alfreds if reds tomb nil all for hale ba e and stone atone and marblo marble may ho be sold which perve no daily need Fd edwards warda windsor windier labeled old anil and WoIs Wol cyB dulace guaranteed st clement danes and thirty ratio fanes the tower and the temple grounds cro unde how much for aliese J net pi ice pla wi la in british pounds you hucksters have 3 lou on baill to learn the things that money it ill riot not bui can oil oi nut not rend read that cold and batera As wo may be tharo still does docs lie deep iu in our hearts beart a hungry love for what our wand uland story we a orji our work perchance our cur lives but not our glory go barter to tho knack eis yard tho the tit th it t abts out outlived lived its aimel send f and hungry to the lauvers paupers pau pers vers ward the wack she lou aou in his iset nt when touch I 1 iho ho bt alord ora Bobro ho ull your mind and tight your crip tale take alced A and ad bring brills na its lack once more inoru our Nelso aa 1111 ship ril As a consequence our nel kalsons ons ship has beer d froni from the wood yard and tile the glnn ralty 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