 | William McCarty - 1842 - 484 Seiten
...quarters, See every thing is clear, We'll give her a broadside, my boys, AS soon as she comes near." She was prepared with nettings, And her men were well...them our noble captain,* To whom all praise is due ; Hawthorne was wounded in the head by a musket ball. To him and all our officers, Let's give a hearty... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 Seiten
...muskets fired amain, But soon we were along-side And grappled to her chain. And now the scene it altered, The cannon ceased to roar, We fought with swords and...cheer; Success to fair America And our good privateer. JUtt&le? jtturra?. BORN In Swetara, Penn., 1745. DIED near York, England, 1826. THE HAPPY AND VIRTUOUS... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman, Ellen Mackay Hutchinson, Mrs. Ellen Mackay Hutchinson Cortissoz - 1894 - 592 Seiten
...something more, Till British pride and glory No longer dared to stay, But cut the Yankee grapptings, And quickly bore away. • Our case was not so desperate...cheer; Success to fair America And our good privateer. BORN In Swetara, Penn., 1745. DIED near York, England, 1826. THE HAPPY AND VIRTUOUS MORAVIANS. [Memoirs... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1902 - 340 Seiten
...muskets fired amain, But soon we were along-side And grappled to her chain. And now the scene it altered, The cannon ceased to roar, We fought with swords and...cheer; Success to fair America And our good privateer. 85. Capture of Stony Point BY HENRY LEE (1779) STONY POINT, July 18, 1779, II o'clock at night. AN... | |
 | 1902 - 348 Seiten
...muskets fired amain, But soon we were along-side And grappled to her chain. And now the scene it altered, The cannon ceased to roar, We fought with swords and...; Success to fair America And our good privateer. 85. Capture of Stony Point BY HENRY LEE (1779) STONY POINT, July 18, 1779, II o'clock at night. AN... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1902 - 340 Seiten
...muskets fired amain, But soon we were along-side And grappled to her chain. And now the scene it altered, The cannon ceased to roar, We fought with swords and...cheer; Success to fair America And our good privateer. 85. Capture of Stony Point BY HENRY LEE (1779) STONY POINT, July 18, 1779, 11 o'clock at night. AN... | |
 | Burton Egbert Stevenson - 1908 - 748 Seiten
...muskets fired amain. But soon we were alongside And grappled to her chain. And now the scene it altered, The cannon ceased to roar. We fought with swords and...cheer; Success to fair America And our good privateer. The Americana were not without their losses, and one of the most serious occurred early in 1 778. On... | |
 | Burton Egbert Stevenson - 1908 - 746 Seiten
...Till British pride and glory No longer dared to stay, But cut the Yankee grapplings, And quickly tore away. Our case was not so desperate As plainly might...cheer; Success to fair America And our good privateer. The Americans were not without their losses, and one of the most serious occurred early in 1 778. On... | |
 | Percy Holmes Boynton, Howard Mumford Jones, George Sherburn, Frank Martindale Webster - 1918 - 750 Seiten
...dared to stay, But cut the Yankee grapplings, And quickly bore away. Our case was not so desparate As plainly might appear; Yet sudden death did enter...cheer; Success to fair America And our good privateer. Cir. 1777. A BIRTHDAY SONG JONATHAN ODELL Composed at New York, in honour of the anniversary of the... | |
 | Fred Lewis Pattee - 1922 - 1086 Seiten
...fought with swords and boarding-pikes One glass or something more, Till British pride and glory 8s No longer dared to stay, But cut the Yankee grapplings,...cheer; Success to fair America And our good privateer! 90 95 [1777] EXPEDITION TO RHODE ISLAND [Rivington's Gazette, October 3, 1778.] From Lewis, Monsieur... | |
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She was prepared with nettings, And her men were well secured, And bore directly for us, And put us close on board; When the cannon roared like thunder, And the muskets fired amain, But soon we were along-side And grappled to her chain. And now the scene... 
