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The Spirit of the American Revolution, as Revealed in the Poetry of the Period; A Study of American Patriotic Verse From 1760 to 1783
The Spirit of the American Revolution as Revealed in the Poetry of the Period A Study of American Patriotic Verse From 1760 to 1783 Author:Samuel White Patterson General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1913 Original Publisher: R. G. Badger Subjects: American poetry United States Poetry / General Literary Criticism / Poetry History / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) Juvenile Nonfiction / Poetry / General Literary Criticism / Poetry Poetry / G... more »eneral Poetry / Anthologies Poetry / American / General Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER IV THE CALL TO ARMS Beginnings about Boston -- Bunker Hill -- H. H. Brack- enridge -- his life -- his dramatic work on Bunker Hill -- Warren, Lord Howe -- Continued interest in Bunker Hill -- Joel Barlow -- "The Vision of Columbus" -- the author's life and literary work -- "The Hartford Wits," -- the battle scene from "The Vision" -- Thomas Paine's "Liberty Tree" -- his life and influence -- Freneau's "A Political Litany" -- his "American Liberty" -- Poem on the coming of British commanders -- Freneau's "General Gage's Soliloquy" -- his "The Midnight Consultations" -- Aw "To the Americans" and "General Gage's Confession"- -- Expedition to Canada -- Death of Montgomery -- Ann Eliza Bleecker's poem thereon -- Barlow's picture -- "The Pennsylvania March" and "High on the Banks of Delaware." THE conflict everyone knew must be carried on first about Boston, the feud centre in the years just past. Even before the commander-in-chief had taken over his heavy charge at Cambridge early in July, 1775, another battle on the seventeenth of the preceding month had occurred -- the patriots at Bunker Hill had suffered their great repulse but had learned through bitter experience with a determined foe the priceless lesson which defeat can teach, and ha...« less