The poem's nautical references allude to <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/Horatio_Nelson,_1st_Viscount_Nelson#Wounding_and_death" title="Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson" id="mwA0M">Admiral Nelson's victory and death</a> at the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/Battle_of_Trafalgar" title="Battle of Trafalgar" id="mwA0Q">Battle of Trafalgar</a>.
