At Eutaw Springs the valiant died; Their limbs with dust are covered o'er — Weep on, ye springs, your tearful tide; How many heroes are no more! If in this wreck of ruin, they Can yet be thought to claim a tear, O smite your gentle breast, and say The... Studies in Philology - Page 181925Full view - About this book
| Robert Shafer - American literature - 1926 - 1410 pages
...BRAVE AMERICANS1 UNDER GENERAL GREENE, IN SOUTH CAROLINA, WHO FELL IN THE ACTION OF SEPTEMBER 8, 1781 when it ought to be, and will be, something else; 0 smite your gentle breast, and say The friends of freedom slumber here! Thou, who shalt trace this... | |
| Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Edward Douglas Snyder - American literature - 1927 - 1288 pages
...BRAVE AMERICANS Under General Greene, in South Carolina, who fell in the action of September 8, 1781. At Eutaw Springs the valiant died; Their limbs with...heroes are no more! If, in this wreck of ruin, they s Can yet be thought to claim a lear, 0 smite your gentle breast, and say The friends of freedom slumber... | |
| 1928 - 458 pages
...GENERAL GREENE, IN SOUTH CAROLINA, WHO FELL IN THE ACTION OF SEPTEMBER 8, 1781, AT EUTAW SPRINGS T Eutaw Springs the valiant died: Their limbs with dust...wreck of ruin they Can yet be thought to claim a tear, 0 smite thy gentle breast, and say "The friends of Freedom slumber here!" Thou who shalt trace this... | |
| Jane Donahue Eberwein - Poetry - 1978 - 398 pages
...BRAVE AMERICANS, UNDER GENERAL GREENE, IN SOUTH CAROLINA, WHO FELL IN THE ACTION OF SEPTEMBER 8, 1781 At EUTAW springs the valiant died: Their limbs with...heroes are no more! If in this wreck of ruin, they 5 Can yet be thought to claim a tear, O smite your gentle breast, and say The friends of freedom slumber... | |
| William McLoughlin - History - 1986 - 276 pages
...Revolution, wrote a tribute to Greene's battle at Eutaw Springs, South Carolina, in 1781: At Eutaw Spring the valiant died, Their limbs with dust are covered...springs, your tearful tide; How many heroes are no more! . . . Led by the conquering genius, Greene, The Britons they compelled to fly; None distant viewed... | |
| Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...button on my last year ragdoll. (1. 6-9) PChr; PoBA; PoNe; TTY To the Memory of the Brave Americans 3 Press (1. 1—4) 4 Now rest in peace, our patriot band; Though far from nature's limits thrown, We trust... | |
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