Chapter VIII: The Struggle for the Continent

ST. JOHN, John Greenleaf Whittier 99
THE BATTLE OF LA PRAIRIE, William Douw Schuyler-Lighthall 101
THE SACK OF DEERFIELD, Thomas Dunn English 102
PENTUCKET, John Greenleaf Whittier 105
LOVEWELL'S FIGHT, Unknown 106
LOVEWELL'S FIGHT, Unknown 108
THE BATTLE OF LOVELL'S POND, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 109
LOUISBURG, Unknown 110
A BALLAD OF THE FRENCH FLEET, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 110
THE BRITISH LYON ROUSED, Stephen Tilden 111
THE SONG OF BRADDOCK'S MEN, Unknown 112
BRADDOCK'S FATE, Stephen Tilden 112
NED BRADDOCK, John Williamson Palmer 114
ODE TO THE INHABITANTS OF PENNSYLVANIA, Unknown 114
THE EMBARKATION, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 115
ON THE DEFEAT AT TICONDEROGA OR CARILONG, Unknown 117
ON THE LATE SUCCESSFUL EXPEDITION AGAINST LOUISBOURG, Francis
Hopkinson 118
FORT DUQUESNE, Florus B. Plimpton 119
HOT STUFF, Edward Botwood 121
HOW STANDS THE GLASS AROUND, James Wolfe 121
BRAVE WOLFE, Unknown 122
THE DEATH OF WOLFE, Unknown 123
THE CAPTIVE'S HYMN, Edna Dean Proctor 123
A PROPHECY, Arthur Lee 125

PART II

THE REVOLUTION

FLAWLESS HIS HEART, James Russell Lowell 128