American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects (1889)
Montgomery, Walter · Boston, E.W. Walker & co · leaf 172
s and gets Decaturunder him. Drawing a knife from its sheath, he is about to bury it in the captains throat.But Decatur is as cool as he is valiant. Seizing the Turks uplifted arm with a grip like iron,he feels with his right hand for the pistol in his pocket. Quickly it is cocked, and,… … Commodore Decatur fighting the Turk. Drawn by Merrill. The illustration which follows is for a song in Scotts Lady of the Lake : — THE LAY OF THE IMPRISONED HUNTSMAN. My hawk is tired of perch and hood,My idle greyhound loathes his food,My horse is weary of his stall,And I am sick of captive…
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