The Fredoniad: Or, Independence Preserved. An Epic Poem on the Late War of 1812, Τόμος 4W. Emmons, 1830 |
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... warriors , dead . Horse on his rider bleeding ; -skull bones bare Cast back the moonbeams with a hideous glare , Like that reflected from a spectre's cheek , Troubling the tombs the rotten dust to seek . The silver - bosom'd daughter of ...
... warriors , dead . Horse on his rider bleeding ; -skull bones bare Cast back the moonbeams with a hideous glare , Like that reflected from a spectre's cheek , Troubling the tombs the rotten dust to seek . The silver - bosom'd daughter of ...
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... warrior feverish with his wounds alone . * * Lo ! the Protectress of Columbia's fame , In fashion of a dreaming image came- The lineaments of Washington assum'd , And thus his mind persuasive she illum'd : " Think not , my son , though ...
... warrior feverish with his wounds alone . * * Lo ! the Protectress of Columbia's fame , In fashion of a dreaming image came- The lineaments of Washington assum'd , And thus his mind persuasive she illum'd : " Think not , my son , though ...
Σελίδα 23
... which I by Austin sent , I now annul , my mind is different bent . Recede must we our losses to repair— The warriors ask this tenderness of care . Brief he the march to Chippeway begun --- Wait not DEFENCE OF FORT ERIE . 23.
... which I by Austin sent , I now annul , my mind is different bent . Recede must we our losses to repair— The warriors ask this tenderness of care . Brief he the march to Chippeway begun --- Wait not DEFENCE OF FORT ERIE . 23.
Σελίδα 37
... warriors , -never in the rear . " Chiefs of the rifle ! opposite in view , Behold them tracing an alignment new ! Through yonder defile , Birdsall , move with haste , And force them back and lay their labours waste . Morgan , reserv'd ...
... warriors , -never in the rear . " Chiefs of the rifle ! opposite in view , Behold them tracing an alignment new ! Through yonder defile , Birdsall , move with haste , And force them back and lay their labours waste . Morgan , reserv'd ...
Σελίδα 38
... warrior bids elance the fire : " Another volley yet , another - and retire ! " Scarce had his tongue the bold expression made , When glanc'd a death - shot burning through his head . Quivering he sunk upon the field of strife- But ere ...
... warrior bids elance the fire : " Another volley yet , another - and retire ! " Scarce had his tongue the bold expression made , When glanc'd a death - shot burning through his head . Quivering he sunk upon the field of strife- But ere ...
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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.