Now rest in peace, our patriot band; Though far from nature’s limits thrown, We trust they find a happier land, A brighter sunshine of their own.
ATTRIBUTION:
Philip Freneau (1752–1832), U.S. poet, sailor, journalist. To the Memory of the Brave Americans (l. 29–32). . .
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.
