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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

Philip Freneau 1752-1832 John Bartlett

 
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    The hunter and the deer a shade. 1
          The Indian Burying-Ground.
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    Then rushed to meet the insulting foe;
They took the spear, but left the shield. 2
          To the Memory of the Americans who fell at Eutaw.
 
Note 1.
This line was appropriated by Campbell in “O’Connor’s Child.” [back]
Note 2.
When Prussia hurried to the field,
And snatched the spear, but left the shield.
Sir Walter Scott: Marmion, Introduction to canto iii. [back]