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" And now I've closed my epic strain, I tremble as I show it, Lest this same warrio-drover, Wayne, Should ever catch the poet. "
Bibliotheca Americana, 1886: Catalogue of a Valuable Collection of Books and ... - Pagina 280
door Clarke, firm, booksellers, Cincinnati - 1886 - 331 pagina’s
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The Spy Unmasked: Or, Memoirs of Enoch Crosby, Alias Harvey Birch, the Hero ...

H. L. Barnum - 1829 - 502 pagina’s
...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,...
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An American Biographical and Historical Dictionary: Containing an Account of ...

William Allen - 1832 - 820 pagina’s
...gen. 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,...
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The Life and Treason of Benedict Arnold

Jared Sparks - 1835 - 362 pagina’s
...Royal 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 same warrior-drover, Wayne, Should ever catch the poet." Jameson penned a hasty line to Arnold, saying merely...
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The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the ..., Volume 2,Nummer 2

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1843 - 456 pagina’s
...off some cattle from the loyalists. The 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 same warrior-drover, Wayne, Should ever catch the poet." It does not appear that Wayne formed part of the...
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Historical Collections of the State of New Jersey: Containing a General ...

John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1844 - 546 pagina’s
...prog, His military 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 same warrior-drover, Wayne, Should ever catch the poet. VAN VORST. Van Vorst was taken from Bergen in 1841...
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The Library of American Biography, Volume 3

Jared Sparks - 1835 - 372 pagina’s
...Royal 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 same warrior-drover, Wayne, Should ever catch the poet." Jameson penned a hasty line to Arnold, saying merely...
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History of Schoharie County: And Border Wars of New York; Containing Also a ...

Jeptha Root Simms - 1845 - 686 pagina’s
...wit at Gen. Wayne, 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 same warrior-drover, Wayne, Should ever catch the poet." When Andre was delivered a prisoner at the village...
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An Outline History of Orange County: With an Enumeration of the Names of Its ...

Samuel Watkins Eager - 1847 - 672 pagina’s
...prog, His military 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 same warrior-drover, Wayne, Should ever catch the poet. The last verse was really ominous of the poet's...
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A History of the County of Westchester, from Its First Settlement ..., Volume 1

Robert Bolton - 1848 - 672 pagina’s
...will be found in 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 same warrior-drover, Wayne, Should ever catch the poet." [Sparks' Biog. Arnold, 228. • See North Castle....
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The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution ; Or, Illustrations, by ..., Volume 2

Benson John Lossing - 1852 - 948 pagina’s
...New York, on the 23d of September, 1780, the day of his capture. It ends with the following stanza : "And now I've closed my epic strain, I tremble as I show it, Lest this same warrio-di'over, Wayne, Should ever catch the poet !" j His memory has been embalmed in verse by his...
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