| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| Philip Freneau. (1752–1832) |
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| 1 | | The hunter and the deer a shade. 1 |
| The Indian Burying-Ground. |
| 2 | Then rushed to meet the insulting foe;
They took the spear, but left the shield. 2 |
| To the Memory of the Americans who fell at Eutaw. |
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This line was appropriated by Campbell in “O’Connor’s Child.” [back] | Note 2.
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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