4709. Philip Freneau. 1752-1832. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.


NUMBER:	4709
AUTHOR:	Philip Freneau (1752–1832)
QUOTATION:	Then rushed to meet the insulting foe; They took the spear, but left the shield. 1
ATTRIBUTION:	To the Memory of the Americans who fell at Eutaw.

Note 1.
When Prussia hurried to the field,
And snatched the spear, but left the shield.
Sir Walter Scott: Marmion, Introduction to canto iii. [back]

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