and describes the USS Constitution.
The title creature of one of this author's poems "knew the old no more" and inhabits an area described as having "irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed." In another poem, he declared that "harpies of the shore shall pluck / the eagle of the sea!" In one poem, he described a creature who "left the past year's dwelling for the new" and "spread his lustrous coil." The narrator of a poem by this author looks to a "ship of pearl" and exhorts, "Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul!" Another poem by him begins, "Ay, tear her tattered ensign down!" and describes the USS Constitution. For 10 points, name this poet of "Old Ironsides" and "The Chambered Nautilus."
The title creature of one of this author's poems "knew the old no more" and inhabits an area described as having "irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.