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Subject: HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY (1773-1841)
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First Line: Oh! Lonely is our old green fort
Last Line: "when we fought here with harrison, / a long time ago"
Subject(s): "fort Meigs, Battle Of (1813);harrison, William Henry (1773-1841);war Of 1812;


FALL OF TECUMSEH, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: What heavy-hoofed coursers the wilderness roam
Last Line: By the mound where his followers bore him
Subject(s): "harrison, William Henry (1773-1841);tecumseh (1768-1813);thames, Battle Of The (1813);war Of 1812;


OLD TIPPECANOE, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "come, rouse up, ye bold-hearted whigs"
Last Line: And 'go it for' tyler and 'tippecanoe'
Subject(s): "elections;harrison, William Henry (1773-1841);" Voting;voters;suffrage


THE BATTLE OF TIPPECANOE, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Awake! Awake! My gallant friends
Last Line: Come gaul or briton; if arrayed / for fight - he'll feel a freeman's blade
Subject(s): "harrison, William Henry (1773-1841);middle West;native Americans;tippecanoe, Battle Of (1811);" Midwest;old Northwest;central States;north Central States;indians Of America;american Indians;indians Of South America


THE DEATH OF HARRISON, by NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: What! Soar'd the old eagle to die at the sun!
Last Line: From the round at the top he has stepp'd to the sky!
Subject(s): Harrison, William Henry (1773-1841)


THE WOLVERINE'S SONG, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "ye hard fisted, long cabin, wolverine boys"
Last Line: "he's death on a tory, that tippecanoe!"
Subject(s): "harrison, William Henry (1773-1841);