In the second stanza of Old Ironsides by Oliver Wendall Holmes, the speaker of the poem is recounting the ______________events of the ship's past.

'Her deck, once red with heroes' blood,
Where knelt the vanquished foe,
When winds were hurrying o'er the flood,
And waves were white below,
No more shall feel the victor's tread,
Or know the conquered knee; -
The harpies of the shore shall pluck
The eagle of the sea!'

A) timely
B) inglorious
C) untimely
D) glorious