 | Jonathan Mitchell Sewall - American poetry - 1801 - 322 pages
...blund'ring schemes of Britain their folly, pride, and zeal, Like lions how yc growl and threat ? mere asses have you shown, And ye shall share an ass's fate, and drudge for WASHINGTON ! Your dark, unfathoni'd councils our weakest heads defeat, Our children rout your armies, our boats deflroy your... | |
 | English essays - 1828 - 718 pages
...asses' ears are shewn, And ye like uses shall he drubb'd by us and Washington. Your dark mysterious councils our weakest heads defeat, Our children rout...dire disgrace, coop'd up within a town You live the se-off of all our host, the scorn of Washington. Is this the mighty nation, whose thundering voice... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1828 - 740 pages
...mysterious councils our weakest heads defeat, Oar children rout your armies, our boats destroy your feet: And, to complete the dire disgrace, coop'd up within a town You live the scoff of all our host, the scorn of Washington. Is this the mighty nation, whose thundering voice was... | |
 | 1829 - 426 pages
...pride, and zeal. Mysterious ! unexampled! incomprehensible ! Like lions how ye growl and threat! mere asses have you shown, And ye shall share an ass's...fate, and drudge for Washington! Your dark, unfathom'd counsels our weakest heads defeat, Our children rout your armies, our boats destroy your fleet, And... | |
 | Samuel Kettell - American poetry - 1829 - 412 pages
...pride, and zeal. Mysterious ! unexampled ! incomprehensible '. Like lions how ye growl and threat! mere asses have you shown, And ye shall share an ass's...fate, and drudge for Washington! Your dark, unfathom'd counsels our weakest heads defeat, Our children rout your armies, our boats destroy your fleet, And... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1855 - 718 pages
...GTON. Mysterious! unexampled! incomprehensible! The blund'ring schemes of Britain their folly, pride, have you shown, And ye shall share an ass's fate, and drudge for and zeal, Like lions how ye growl and threat ! mere asses WASHINGTON ! Your dark, unfathom'd councils... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1866 - 714 pages
...how ye growl and threat! mere asses have you shown. And yc Khali share an ass's fate, and drudge fur WASHINGTON ! Your dark, unfathom'd councils our weakest...coop'd up within a town, You live, the scorn of all our host, the slaves of WASHINGTON ! Great Heav'n ! is this the nation whose tliuud'ring arms were hurl'd,... | |
 | Moses Coit Tyler - American literature - 1897 - 564 pages
...continued to develop its almost incredible score of blunders and disasters: " Your dark, unfathomed councils, our weakest heads defeat, Our children rout your armies, our boats destroy your fleet; 1 This Hibernian-Yankee ballad seems to have made a great hit, as may be easily imagined; and it was... | |
 | Moses Coit Tyler - American literature - 1897 - 561 pages
...continued to develop its almost incredible score of blunders and disasters " Your dark, uhfathomed councils, our weakest heads defeat, Our children rout your armies, our boats destroy your fleet ; 1 This Hibernian-Yankee ballad seems to have made a great hit, as may be easily imagined ; and it... | |
 | Moses Coit Tyler - American literature - 1897 - 578 pages
...continued to develop its almost incredible score of blunders and disasters: " Your dark, unfathomed councils, our weakest heads defeat, Our children rout your armies, our boats destroy your fleet; ' This Hibernian-Yankee ballad seems to have made a great hit, as may be easily imagined ; and it was... | |
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asses have you shown, And ye shall share an ass's fate, and drudge for WASHINGTON ! Your dark, unfathom'd councils our weakest heads defeat, Our children rout your armies, our boats destroy your fleet, And to complete the dire disgrace, coop'd up within... 
