The answer is was every bit as strong, proud, and important as the older nations of Europe.
Explanation:
Old Ironsides is a poem written by American poet and writer Oliver Wendell Holmes. In the poem, syntax is very important. This term refers to the word order and the words the author had selected before writing. In this case, it impacts on the image the speaker wants to create about the US and by writing this poem, it shows that the country was every bit as strong, proud and important as any European nation.
The correct option is C was a nation of pious and industrious citizens and a place of great possibility.
By writing "Old Ironsides," Oliver Wendell Holmes asserted that the United States was a nation of pious and industrious citizens and a place of great possibility.
