The Fredoniad: Or, Independence Preserved. An Epic Poem on the Late War of 1812, Τόμος 4W. Emmons, 1830 |
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... Britons heard their general speak , They felt their hearts a new sensation strike . By files he wheels the line ; with spirits light- Drums beating vict'ry - they ascend the Height . Their broken engines from the cavern deep , They tug ...
... Britons heard their general speak , They felt their hearts a new sensation strike . By files he wheels the line ; with spirits light- Drums beating vict'ry - they ascend the Height . Their broken engines from the cavern deep , They tug ...
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... Britons die ! With waste of life they second time retire- Slaughter pursues them on the wings of fire . But soon they wheel and make another pass- Again they fall in heavy swaths like grass ; Yet in their madness they again renew The ...
... Britons die ! With waste of life they second time retire- Slaughter pursues them on the wings of fire . But soon they wheel and make another pass- Again they fall in heavy swaths like grass ; Yet in their madness they again renew The ...
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... Briton gives - should earth and heaven combine With pestilence to sweep away the line , And every name to greedy death resign ! " So grating was his voice , like discord hell , It seem'd a fiend beneath had tun'd it well . Onward he ...
... Briton gives - should earth and heaven combine With pestilence to sweep away the line , And every name to greedy death resign ! " So grating was his voice , like discord hell , It seem'd a fiend beneath had tun'd it well . Onward he ...
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... Britons with a spattering crash . Drunken with carnage back they reel again— A groaning host lie gasping on the plain ! But Drummond still unconquer'd in his rage , Once more advanc'd his squadrons to engage ; Once more the patriots ...
... Britons with a spattering crash . Drunken with carnage back they reel again— A groaning host lie gasping on the plain ! But Drummond still unconquer'd in his rage , Once more advanc'd his squadrons to engage ; Once more the patriots ...
Σελίδα 51
... Britons waiting for the prize- Veiling in darkness Hindman's searching eyes . Drummond perceiv'd it favour'd him his plan , And thus with tiger confidence began : " See , the reserve approaches with support ! Behold , a coffin blackness ...
... Britons waiting for the prize- Veiling in darkness Hindman's searching eyes . Drummond perceiv'd it favour'd him his plan , And thus with tiger confidence began : " See , the reserve approaches with support ! Behold , a coffin blackness ...
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Albion arms Atalanta ball band bayonets bear Behold bend beneath Blakeley blast blaze bleeding blood bosom brass brave breast breath bright Brisbane Britons brow bulwark burning CANTO Chippeway clouds Cochrane Cockburn command courser crew crowd dark dastard dead death deeds deep despair dire dread Drummond dust Eagle earth falchions fame feel fiery fight fire flag flame flood FORT ERIE Fredonia hand hath heart heaven hell Hindman honour host ingulphing Jackson Keene kindling labours land leap length light Mac Glassen mark night numbers o'er ocean Packenham patriots peal plain Plattsburg Prevost pride proud ranks Ripley rise roll Rottenburg round sails Saranac scarce scene seen ship shore shrouds sight smile soon soul squadrons stand star steel stood storm stream strength Stricker strike sublime sword tears thee thou thoughts thunders tongue vessel voice warriors Wasp Waterville wave wind wings wounds
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Σελίδα 10 - District Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the tenth day of August, AD 1829, in the fifty-fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America, JP Dabney, of the said district, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
Σελίδα 10 - District Clerk's Office. Be it remembered, that on the tenth day of August, AD 1827, in the fifty-second year of the Independence of the United States of America, WILLIAM EMMONS, of the said district, has deposited in this Office, the Title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as Proprietor, in the words following, to wit : "The FREDONIAD; or, Independence Preserved. A Poem on the Late War. By RICHARD EMMONS, MD In four volumes.
Σελίδα 10 - An act, supplementary to an act, entitled, An act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned ; and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and etching historical and other prints.
Σελίδα 311 - Rude, their sun-burnt men In simple garb of foresters are seen ; But mark — they know with death the bead to sight, And draw the centre of the heart in fight.