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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: YORKTOWN CAMPAIGN (1781) Matches Found: 7 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` CORNWALLIS'S SURRENDER, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: When british troops first landed here Last Line: And may great britain rue the day / her hostile bands came hither Variant Title(s): Cornwallis Burgoyned Subject(s): "american Revolution;cornwallis, Charles (1738-1805);yorktown Campaign (1781); NEWS FROM YORKTOWN, by LEWIS WORTHINGTON SMITH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Past two o'clock and cornwallis is taken Last Line: Like a cry for god's justice born! Subject(s): American Revolution; Cornwallis, Charles (1738-1805); Yorktown Campaign (1781) ON THE FALL OF GENERAL EARL CORNWALLIS, 1781, by PHILIP FRENEAU Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A chieftain, formed on howe, burgoyne, and gage Last Line: Shrink from an injured world -- and fare like you. Subject(s): American Revolution; Cornwallis, Charles (1738-1805); Yorktown Campaign (1781) THE DANCE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Cornwallis led a country dance Last Line: "that while your hopes are danced away, / 'tis you must pay the piper?" Subject(s): "american Revolution;cornwallis, Charles (1738-1805);war;yorktown Campaign (1781); THE RIDE OF TENCH TILGHMAN [OCTOBER 17, 1781], by CLINTON SCOLLARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They've marched them out of old yorktown, the vanquished red-coat host Last Line: "the world turned upside down!" Subject(s): American Revolution; Tilghman, Trench (1744-1786); Yorktown Campaign (1781) YORKTOWN, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: From yorktown's ruins, ranked and still Last Line: What of the new world fears the old? Subject(s): Slavery; Virginia (state); Yorktown Campaign (1781); Serfs YORKTOWN CENTENNIAL LYRIC, by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hark! Hark! Down the century's long reaching slope Last Line: The lilies, the luminous lilies of france. Subject(s): United States - Centennial Celebrations; Yorktown Campaign (1781) |
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