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Subject: TRIPOLI
Matches Found: 2

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` HOW WE BURNED THE 'PHILADELPHIA', by BARRETT EASTMAN    Poem Text                    
First Line: By the beard of the prophet the bashaw swore
Last Line: And troubled his soul no more.
Subject(s): Courage; Decatur, Stephen (1779-1820); Navy - United States; Patriotism; Philadelphia (ship); Pirates; Tripoli; Valor; Bravery; American Navy; Piracy; Buccaneers


REUBEN JAMES, by JAMES JEFFREY ROCHE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Three ships of war had preble when he left the naples shore
Last Line: For god never ranks his sailors by the register of earth!
Subject(s): Decatur, Stephen (1779-1820); James, Reuben; Navy - United States; Pirates; Sailing & Sailors; Tripoli; American Navy; Piracy; Buccaneers; Seamen; Sails