Oliver Wendell Holmes

i was writing this morning, quoting this fellow Holmes, when i came to some confusion between him and his son jr. His wikipedia held a compelling argument for the power of words.
Holmes' 1830 poem Old Ironsides, was written as a tribute to the USS Constitution. Gaining immediate popularity with printings in newspapers across the country, Holmes' poem saved the frigate from being decommissioned, so that it is now the oldest commissioned boat in the world still afloat. . .
retaining his appellation to boot.