Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON A HESSIAN DEBARKATION, 1776, by PHILIP FRENEAU Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Rejoice, o death! - britannia's tyrant sends / from the german plains Last Line: To meet the vengeance that awaits them there. Subject(s): American Revolution | ||||||||
REJOICE, O Death! Britannia's tyrant sends From German plains his myriads to our shore; The fierce Hibernian with the Hessian joined -- Bring them, ye winds, but waft them back no more! To these far climes with stately step they come, Resolved all prayers, all prowess to defy: Smit with the love of countries not their own They come -- alas! to conquer, not to die. In the slow breeze I hear their funeral song The dance of ghosts the infernal tribes prepare; To hell's dark mansions haste the abandoned throng, Tasting from German sculls great ODIN's beer. From dire Cesarea -- forced these slaves of kings -- Quick let them take their way on eagles' wings; To thy strong posts, MANHATTAN's isle, repair, To meet the vengeance that awaits them there. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON by SIDNEY LANIER WASHINGTON'S OVENS, ADAMSES' LETTERS by ALBERT GOLDBARTH THE YANKEE'S RETURN FROM CAMP [JUNE, 1775] by EDWARD BANGS RODNEY'S RIDE [JULY 3, 1776] by ELBRIDGE STREETER BROOKS SONG OF MARION'S MEN by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS [MAY 9, 1775] by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT THE STORY OF SEVENTY-SIX by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT BUNKER HILL by GEORGE HENRY CALVERT THE LITTLE BLACK-EYED REBEL by WILLIAM MCKENDREE CARLETON AN ANCIENT PROPHECY by PHILIP FRENEAU |
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