Read this stanza from “old ironsides.” what does the word “thunders” in the third line refer to? o, better that her shattered hulk should sink beneath the wave; her thunders shook the mighty deep, and there should be her grave; nail to the mast her holy flag, set every thread-bare sail, and give her to the god of storms,— the lightning and the gale! the storms the cannons the flag the crew