Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 162
! Avenge the gunners death to-day! MOLLY PITCHER. All day the great guns barked and roaredAll day the big balls screeched and soaredAll day, mid the sweating gunners grim,Who toiled in their smoke-shroud dense and dim.Sweet Molly labored with courage high,With steady hand and watchful eye, 719 And… … Till the day was ours, and the sinking sunLooked down on the field of Monmouth won,And Molly standing beside her gun. Now, Molly, rest your weary arm ! Safe, Molly, all is safe from harm. Now, woman, bow your aching head, And weep in sorrow oer your dead ! Next day on that field so hardly…
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