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Abraham Lincoln (search for this): entry cow-chace-the
s right to seize the spoil, and To share with each commander, As he had done at Staten Island With frost-bit Alexander.In his dismay, the frantic priest Began to grow prophetic, You had swore, to see his lab'ring breast, He'd taken an emetic. “I view a future day,” said he, “Brighter than this day dark is, And you shall see, what you shall see, Ha! ha! one pretty marquis; “And he shall come to Paulus' Hook, And great achievements think on, And make a bow and take a look, Like Satan over Lincoln. “And all the land around shall glory To see the Frenchman caper, And pretty Susan tell the story, In the next Chatham paper.” This solemn prophecy, of course, Gave all much consolation, Except to Wayne, who lost his horse Upon the great occasion.His horse that carried all his prog, His military speeches, His corn-stalk whiskey for his grog— Blue stockings and brown breeches.And now I've clos'd my epic strain, I tremble as I show it, Lest this same warrio-drover, Wayne, Should ever c
Lord Stirling (search for this): entry cow-chace-the
o see The left prepared to fight, The while the drovers, Wayne and Lee, Drew off upon the right.Which Irvine 'twas Fame don't relate, Nor can the Muse assist her, Whether 'twas he that cocks a hat, Or he that gives a glister.For greatly one was signalized That fought at Chestnut Hill, And Canada immortalized The vender of the pill.Yet the attendance upon Proctor They both might have to boast of, For there was business for the doctor, And hats to be disposed of.Let none uncandidly infer That Stirling wanted spunk; The self-made peer had sure been there, But that the peer was drunk.But turn we to the Hudson's banks, Where stood the modest train, With purpose firm, though slender ranks, Nor cared a pin for Wayne.For then the unrelenting hand Of rebel fury drove, And tore from ev'ry genial band Of friendship and of love.And some within a dungeon's gloom, By mock tribunals laid, Had waited long a cruel doom, Impending o'er their heads.Here one bewails a brother's fate, There one a sire dema
Henry Clinton (search for this): entry cow-chace-the
summer of 1780 Washington sent General Wayne, with a considerable force, to storm a British block-house at Bull's Ferry, on the Hudson, near Fort Lee, and to drive into the American camp a large number of cattle on Bergen Neck exposed to British foragers, who might go out from Paulus's Hook (now Jersey City). Wayne was repulsed at the block-house, with a loss of sixty-four men, but returned to camp with a large number of cattle driven by his dragoons. This event inspired Major Andre, Sir Henry Clinton's adjutant-general, to write a satirical poem, which he called The Cow Chace, in which Wayne and his fellow-rebels were severely ridiculed. It was written in the style of the English ballad of Chevy Chace, in three cantos. The following is a copy of the poem; we also give fac-similes of its title from Andre‘s autograph, and of the concluding verse of the original: Elizabethtown, Aug. 1, 1780. Canto I. To drive the kine one summer's morn, The tanner took his way, The calf shall ru
C. E. Cunningham (search for this): entry cow-chace-the
human lamentations, The trees you see them cutting yonder Are all my near relations.And I, forlorn, implore thine aid To free the sacred grove: So shall thy prowess be repaid With an immortal's love.Now some, to prove she was a goddess! Said this enchanting fair Had late retired from the Bodies, A cant appellation given among the soldiery to the corps that has the honor to guard his majesty's person. In all the pomp of war.That drums and merry fifes had played To honor her retreat, And Cunningham himself conveyed The lady through the street.Great Wayne, by soft compassion swayed, To no inquiry stoops, But takes the fair, afflicted maid Right into Yan Van Poop's.So Roman Antony, they say, Disgraced th' imperial banner, And for a gypsy lost a day, Like Anthony the tanner.The Hamadryad had but half Received redress from Wayne, When drums and colors, cow and calf, Came down the road amain.All in a cloud of dust were seen, The sheep, the horse, the goat, The gentle heifer, ass obscene T
Paulus (search for this): entry cow-chace-the
General Wayne, with a considerable force, to storm a British block-house at Bull's Ferry, on the Hudson, near Fort Lee, and to drive into the American camp a large number of cattle on Bergen Neck exposed to British foragers, who might go out from Paulus's Hook (now Jersey City). Wayne was repulsed at the block-house, with a loss of sixty-four men, but returned to camp with a large number of cattle driven by his dragoons. This event inspired Major Andre, Sir Henry Clinton's adjutant-general, to egan to grow prophetic, You had swore, to see his lab'ring breast, He'd taken an emetic. “I view a future day,” said he, “Brighter than this day dark is, And you shall see, what you shall see, Ha! ha! one pretty marquis; “And he shall come to Paulus' Hook, And great achievements think on, And make a bow and take a look, Like Satan over Lincoln. “And all the land around shall glory To see the Frenchman caper, And pretty Susan tell the story, In the next Chatham paper.” This solemn prophe
Richard Henry Lee (search for this): entry cow-chace-the
wave, And those that eat soupaan.And sons of distant Delaware, And still remoter Shannon, And Major Lee with horses rare, And Proctor with his cannon.All wondrous proud in arms they came— What hero d.At Irvine's nod, 'twas fine to see The left prepared to fight, The while the drovers, Wayne and Lee, Drew off upon the right.Which Irvine 'twas Fame don't relate, Nor can the Muse assist her, Whethd, The loyal heroes stand; Virtue had nerved each honest breast, And Industry each hand.In See Lee's trial. valor's frenzy, Hamilton Rode like a soldier big, And secretary Harrison, With pen stuckhralenberg haranguing, At Yan Van Poop's unconscious sat Of Irvine's hearty banging.While valiant Lee, with courage wild, Most bravely did oppose The tears of women and of child, Who begged he'd leavugees had drove Far from her native tree, Just happen'd to be on the move, When up came Wayne and Lee.She in mad Anthony's fierce eye The hero saw portrayed, And, all in tears, she took him by —the b
Susan Brownell Anthony (search for this): entry cow-chace-the
rms, His soul took more delight in A lovely Hamadryad's A deity of the woods. arms Than cow driving or fighting.A nymph, the refugees had drove Far from her native tree, Just happen'd to be on the move, When up came Wayne and Lee.She in mad Anthony's fierce eye The hero saw portrayed, And, all in tears, she took him by —the bridle of his jade.Hear, said the nymph, O great commander, No human lamentations, The trees you see them cutting yonder Are all my near relations.And I, forlorn, imployed The lady through the street.Great Wayne, by soft compassion swayed, To no inquiry stoops, But takes the fair, afflicted maid Right into Yan Van Poop's.So Roman Antony, they say, Disgraced th' imperial banner, And for a gypsy lost a day, Like Anthony the tanner.The Hamadryad had but half Received redress from Wayne, When drums and colors, cow and calf, Came down the road amain.All in a cloud of dust were seen, The sheep, the horse, the goat, The gentle heifer, ass obscene The yearling and th
Titus Hooper (search for this): entry cow-chace-the
through.The firmer as the rebels pressed, The loyal heroes stand; Virtue had nerved each honest breast, And Industry each hand.In See Lee's trial. valor's frenzy, Hamilton Rode like a soldier big, And secretary Harrison, With pen stuck in his wig.But, lest chieftain Washington Should mourn them in the mumps, A disorder prevalent in the rebel lines. The fate of Withrington to shun, They fought behind the stumps.But ah! Thaddeus Posset, why Should thy poor soul elope? And why should Titus Hooper die, Ah! die—without a rope?Apostate Murphy, thou to whom Fair Shela ne'er was cruel; In death shalt hear her mourn thy doom, Och! would ye die, my jewel?Thee, Nathan Pumpkin, I lament, Of melancholy fate, The gray goose, stolen as he went, In his heart's blood was wet.Now as the fight was further fought And balls began to thicken, The fray assumed, the gen'rals thought, The color of a licking.Yet undismayed the chiefs command, And, to redeem the day, Cry, “Soldiers, charge!” they hear,<
Bergen (search for this): entry cow-chace-the
the style of the English ballad of Chevy Chace, in three cantos. The following is a copy of the poem; we also give fac-similes of its title from Andre‘s autograph, and of the concluding verse of the original: Elizabethtown, Aug. 1, 1780. Canto I. To drive the kine one summer's morn, The tanner took his way, The calf shall rue that is unborn The jumbling of that day.And Wayne descending steers shall know, And tauntingly deride, And call to mind, in ev'ry low, The tanning of his hide.Yet Bergen cows still ruminate Unconscious in the stall, What mighty means were used to get, And lose them after all.For many heroes bold and brave From New Bridge and Tapaan. And those that drink Passaic's wave, And those that eat soupaan.And sons of distant Delaware, And still remoter Shannon, And Major Lee with horses rare, And Proctor with his cannon.All wondrous proud in arms they came— What hero could refuse, To tread the rugged path to fame, Who had a pair of shoes?At six the host, with sweat
Sir William Alexander (search for this): entry cow-chace-the
two kennels in the street, Swell'd with a recent rain, In gushing streams together meet, And seek the neighboring drain,So meet these dung-born tribes in one, As swift in their career, And so to New Bridge they ran on— But all the cows got clear.Poor Parson Caldwell, all in wonder, Saw the returning train, And mourned to Wayne the lack of plunder, For them to steal again.For 'twas his right to seize the spoil, and To share with each commander, As he had done at Staten Island With frost-bit Alexander.In his dismay, the frantic priest Began to grow prophetic, You had swore, to see his lab'ring breast, He'd taken an emetic. “I view a future day,” said he, “Brighter than this day dark is, And you shall see, what you shall see, Ha! ha! one pretty marquis; “And he shall come to Paulus' Hook, And great achievements think on, And make a bow and take a look, Like Satan over Lincoln. “And all the land around shall glory To see the Frenchman caper, And pretty Susan tell the story, In th
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