The Fredoniad: Or, Independence Preserved. An Epic Poem on the Late War of 1812, Τόμος 4W. Emmons, 1830 |
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Σελίδα 38
... ranks with reckless heed is driven-- " But why this language ? every flash they die-- They struggle for their breath - they turn -- they fly ! " * * * * Drummond to Lethridge wheeling , briefly thus : Why do you stand ? Behold them ...
... ranks with reckless heed is driven-- " But why this language ? every flash they die-- They struggle for their breath - they turn -- they fly ! " * * * * Drummond to Lethridge wheeling , briefly thus : Why do you stand ? Behold them ...
Σελίδα 46
... ranks stoop'd their tall heads to dust , —— The others fled like snow before a gust ; Or when a cloud on Holyoke's fearful height , Gathers with blackness like the folds of night- Rolling and deepening with a frown severe , Threatening ...
... ranks stoop'd their tall heads to dust , —— The others fled like snow before a gust ; Or when a cloud on Holyoke's fearful height , Gathers with blackness like the folds of night- Rolling and deepening with a frown severe , Threatening ...
Σελίδα 47
... ranks rejoin'd , And by his eloquence inflam'd their mind . To storm the Duglass walls , whose smoke - wrap'd fires Had chok'd the element . With mad desires , They burnt to scale the battlements , and Scott Fann'd high their ardour ...
... ranks rejoin'd , And by his eloquence inflam'd their mind . To storm the Duglass walls , whose smoke - wrap'd fires Had chok'd the element . With mad desires , They burnt to scale the battlements , and Scott Fann'd high their ardour ...
Σελίδα 48
... ranks increas'd , To leap --- in plenitude of slaughter , feast— Swift from the centre to the north he flew , And him he question'd with expressions few : 66 Duglass ! why silent ? -say ? -- wherefore , my son ? Deceptious was the word ...
... ranks increas'd , To leap --- in plenitude of slaughter , feast— Swift from the centre to the north he flew , And him he question'd with expressions few : 66 Duglass ! why silent ? -say ? -- wherefore , my son ? Deceptious was the word ...
Σελίδα 51
... ranks but partial seen , obscur'd by night Like distant fires half smother'd from the sight . Thrice they recoil before the carnage dire- Thrice they press on till half their chiefs expire . While Duglass at reserve the flames roll'd ...
... ranks but partial seen , obscur'd by night Like distant fires half smother'd from the sight . Thrice they recoil before the carnage dire- Thrice they press on till half their chiefs expire . While Duglass at reserve the flames roll'd ...
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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.