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Subject: STONY POINT, BATTLE OF (1779)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` THE STORMING OF STONY POINT [JULY 16, 1779], by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Highlands of hudson! Ye saw them pass
Last Line: "over the parapet, ""spear in hand!"
Subject(s): American Revolution; New York City - Revolutionary Period; Soldiers; Stony Point, Battle Of (1779); Wayne, Anthony (1745-1796)


WAYNE AT STONY POINT [JULY 16, 1779], by CLINTON SCOLLARD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Twas the heart of the murky night, and the lowest ebb of tide
Last Line: Than his charge on stony point in the heart of the murky night.
Subject(s): American Revolution; Soldiers; Stony Point, Battle Of (1779); Wayne, Anthony (1745-1796)