tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post4257997705537144581..comments2023-12-14T21:13:46.857-06:00Comments on Tom Roeser's Blog: Another Classic Quiz: An American Poet This Time.Jake Parrillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11195261008177966339noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-47353303585980400852006-05-18T05:47:48.000-05:002006-05-18T05:47:48.000-05:00It was Oliver Wendell Holmes' "Old Ironsi...It was Oliver Wendell Holmes' "Old Ironsides". While everyone else in class was reading "The Chambered Nautilus", I skipped a few pages forward and read this one. I wrote on this one for a college paper.<br><br>Holmes wrote it because the ship was to be decommissioned and scrapped, but the poem alone saved it.Mike Fiasconoreply@blogger.com