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Subject: FRENCH & INDIAN WARS
Matches Found: 7

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First Line: "to arms, to arms! My jolly grenadiers!"
Last Line: "'tis nobly done, - the day's our own, - huzzah, huzzah!"
Subject(s): "braddock, Edward (1695-1755);french & Indian Wars;generals;


LOUISBURG, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Neptune and mars in council sate
Last Line: When britains fight the grand monarque / must yield to britain's king
Subject(s): "french & Indian Wars;louisburg, Nova Scotia;


LOVEWELL'S FIGHT (1725) (1), by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Of worthy captain lovewell I purpose now to sing
Last Line: "they safe arriv'd at dunstable, the thirteenth of may"
Subject(s): "french & Indian Wars;lovewell, John (1691-1725);


LOVEWELL'S FIGHT (1725) (2), by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: What time the noble lovewell came
Last Line: "when lovewell brave 'gainst paugus went, / with fifty men from dunstable"
Subject(s): "french & Indian Wars;lovewell, John (1691-1725);


MEETING THE BRITISH, by PAUL MULDOON    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: We met the british in the dead of winter
Subject(s): French & Indian Wars; Small Pox


ODE TO THE INHABITANTS OF PENNSYLVANIA, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Still shall the tyrant scourge of gaul
Last Line: "our inexperienced troops inspire, / and conquest's laurels gain!"
Subject(s): French & Indian Wars;pennsylvania;u.s. - History


ON THE DEFEAT AT TICONDEROGA OR CARILONG, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Neglected long had been my useless lyre
Last Line: "soon should proud carilong be humbled low / nor montcalm's self, prevent the avenging blow"
Subject(s): "french & Indian Wars;ticonderoga, Battle Of (1758);