Dacia

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If the house got messy, my mum used to say - it looks like the wreck of the Hesparus. Was the Hesparus a real ship?

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ROMOS

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Best answer!

See here>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wreck_of_the_Hesperus

12 years ago. Rating: 8
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Ducky

Thanks ROMOS

commented 12 years ago

Shootah

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It was a poem written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, of which the poem was based upon part fact and fiction. However, I do believe there also was a ship by that name that sank in a different storm.

12 years ago. Rating: 6
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Shootah

It was a poem written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, about a Notheastern storm that ravaged the Maine coast in 1839, sinking 20 ships and killing 40 people. Although the poem was part fact and fiction, I do believe there was a ship by that name that sank, in a different storm than the one the poem was wrote about.

commented 12 years ago

lewboy

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IT is in a poem by Henry Wadsworth (hope i got second name right).

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ROMOS

See my link.

commented 12 years ago

lewboy

Looks like we had same idea perhaps MY mind is getting great as well.

commented 12 years ago

Ducky

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My mother used to use that same expression. Until today, I always thought that she was saying..."the wreck of the hespers" and I had no clue what that meant and never even thought about the meaning. I'm guessing that she was only repeating something that her mother used to say! So, let's all "Google it". :)