Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PENNSYLVANIA SONG, by ANONYMOUS First Line: We are the troop that ne'er will stoop Last Line: "nor slaves nor cowards we will prove, / great britain shall soon see" Subject(s): American Revolution;pennsylvania;soldiers | ||||||||
WE are the troop that ne'er will stoop To wretched slavery, Nor shall our seed, by our base deed, Despised vassals be; Freedom we will bequeath to them, Or we will bravely die; Our greatest foe, ere long shall know, How much did Sandwich lie. And all the world shall know, Americans are free; Nor slaves nor cowards we will prove, Great Britain soon shall see. We'll not give up our birthright, Our foes shall find us men; As good as they, in any shape, The British troops shall ken. Huzza! brave boys, we'll beat them On any hostile plain; For Freedom, wives, and children dear, The battle we'll maintain. And all the world, etc. What! can those British tyrants think, Our fathers cross'd the main, And savage foes, and dangers met, To be enslav'd by them? If so, they are mistaken, For we will rather die; And since they have become our foes, Their forces we defy. And all the world, etc. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALL ARMIES ARE THE SAME by ERNEST HEMINGWAY ABSENT WITH OFFICIAL LEAVE by RANDALL JARRELL PORT OF EMBARKATION by RANDALL JARRELL THE CONFESSION OF ST. JIM-RALPH by DENIS JOHNSON OPERATION MEMORY by DAVID LEHMAN TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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