 | H. L. Barnum - United States - 1829 - 502 pages
...of the American army. The poem concludes with the following prophetic stanza:— " And now I close my epic strain, I tremble as I show it, Lest this same warrior-drover Wayne of John. Ancfrg, adjutant-general in the British afttiy. Though vigilantly watched, Paulding was allowed... | |
 | William Allen - Electronic books - 1832 - 820 pages
...Wayne for his failure in an attempt to collect cattle for the array, is this: — "And now I'te closed my epic strain, I tremble, as I show it , Lest this same Warrior-Drover, Wayne, Should ever catch tht Pott !"— He wrote also letters to Miss Sewanl, New York, 1772. — Miss Seward wrote a monody... | |
 | Jared Sparks - American loyalists - 1835 - 362 pages
...Gazette for September 23d, 1780. It ends with the following prophetic stanza. " And now I 've closed my epic strain, I tremble as I show it, Lest this...warrior-drover, Wayne, Should ever catch the poet." Jameson penned a hasty line to Arnold, saying merely that he sent forward, under the charge of Lieutenant... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - Biography - 1843 - 456 pages
...concluding stanza attracted some attention after the unhappy fate of the author : — " And now I've closed my epic strain, I tremble as I show it, Lest this...warrior-drover, Wayne, Should ever catch the poet." It does not appear that Wayne formed part of the board of officers which decided his fate ; but General... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - New Jersey - 1844 - 546 pages
...speeches, His cornstalk-whiskey for his grog, Blue stockings and brown breeches. And now I've closed my epic strain, I tremble as I show it, Lest this...warrior-drover, Wayne, Should ever catch the poet. VAN VORST. Van Vorst was taken from Bergen in 1841 ; and named from the Van Vorst family, who are extensive... | |
 | Jared Sparks - United States - 1835 - 372 pages
...Gazette for September 23d, 1780. It ends with the following prophetic stanza. " And now I "ve closed my epic strain, I tremble as I show it, Lest this...warrior-drover, Wayne, Should ever catch the poet." Jameson penned a hasty line to Arnold, saying merely that he sent forward, under the charge of Lieutenant... | |
 | Jeptha Root Simms - Germans - 1845 - 686 pages
...one of the bravest of the brave. The doggerel ended with the following stanza : " And now I've closed my epic strain, I tremble as I show it, Lest this...warrior-drover, Wayne, Should ever catch the poet." When Andre was delivered a prisoner at the village of Tappan, he found Gen. Wayne in command of a division... | |
 | Samuel Watkins Eager - Orange County (N.Y.) - 1847 - 672 pages
...speeches, His cornstalk whiskey for his grog, Blue stockings and brown breeches. And now I've closed my epic strain, I tremble as I show it, Lest this...warrior-drover, Wayne, Should ever catch the poet. The last verse was really ominous of the poet's fate, for he was caught and executed as a spy, as our... | |
 | Robert Bolton - Westchester County (N.Y.) - 1848 - 672 pages
...Rivington's Royal Gazette for Sept. 23, 1 780. It ends with the following stanza. " And now I've closed my epic strain, I tremble as I show it, Lest this...warrior-drover, Wayne, Should ever catch the poet." [Sparks' Biog. Arnold, 228. • See North Castle. S. Salem. VOL. I. 29 _ i .-- 3 . - . -. .3 : = ..•... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1852 - 948 pages
...of September, 1780, the day of his capture. It ends with the following stanza : "And now I've closed tavern of Mr. Benson, near Sampsonville, about three m warrio-di'over, Wayne, Should ever catch the poet !" j His memory has been embalmed in verse by his... | |
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And now I've closed my epic strain, I tremble as I show it, Lest this same warrior-drover, Wayne, Should ever catch the poet. 
