Another of his poems mourns that "The harpies of the shore shall pluck the eagle of the sea!"
This man wrote about a carriage that "was built in such a logical way" that it runs for one hundred years in his poem about the "wonderful one-hoss-shay" called "The Deacon's Masterpiece." In another poem, he echoes Wordsworth in claiming that the title "child of the wandering sea" produces a clearer note than "ever Triton blew from wreathed horn." Another of his poems mourns that "The harpies of the shore shall pluck the eagle of the sea!" For 10 points name this American poet who included the lines "Build thee more stately mansions" in "The Chambered Nautilus" and a paid tribute to the USS Constitution in "Old Ironsides."
This man wrote about a carriage that "was built in such a logical way" that it runs for one hundred years in his poem about the "wonderful one-hoss-shay" called "The Deacon's Masterpiece."
Oliver Wendell {Holmes} Sr.