livre iii
. chap. xi._
PHILIP FRENEAU. 1752-1832.
The hunter and the deer a shade.[443-3]
_The Indian Burying-Ground._
Then rushed to meet the insulting foe; They took the spear, but left the shield.[443-4]
_To the Memory of the Americans who fell at Eutaw._
FOOTNOTES:
[443-3] This line was appropriated by Campbell in "O'Connor's Child."
[443-4] When Prussia hurried to the field, And snatched the spear, but left the shield.
SCOTT: _Marmion, Introduction to canto iii._
GEORGE CRABBE. 1754-1832.
Oh, rather give me commentators plain, Who with no deep researches vex the brain; Who from the dark and doubtful love to run, And hold their glimmering tapers to the sun.[443-5]
_The Parish Register.