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.

Philip Freneau. (1752–1832)

The hunter and the deer a shade. 1

The Indian Burying-Ground.

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.

Note 1.
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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