At Eutaw Springs the valiant died; Their limbs with dust are covered o’er— Weep on, ye springs, your tearful tide; How many heroes are no more!
ATTRIBUTION:
Philip Freneau (1752–1832), U.S. poet, sailor, journalist. To the Memory of the Brave Americans (l. 1–4). . .
American Poetry and Prose. Norman Foerster, Norman S. Grabo, Russel B. Nye, E. Fred Carlisle, and Robert Falk, eds. (5th ed., 1970) Houghton Mifflin Company.
