poem
The centennial flight of the king of the air
Mrs O. S. Matteson, 1875
Named on the page for Battle of Princeton.
machine-read Machine-read (OCR) from a scanned book at the Internet Archive: expect misread words and names. The scan itself is at the library.
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Passages that name the battle; the whole collection is at Internet Archive.
3 January 1777
Battle of Princeton
THE KING OF THE AIR. 75
Belching thunder through the day,
But at night our force retreated,Passing Princeton, on the way.
THE KING OF THE AIR. 77
THE KING OF THE AIR. 77
That their courage drooped and fled.
Then the savior of our country —Knowing Princeton must be won —
Offered up his life for Freedom,Though the strife had just begun.
THE KING OF THE AIR. 85
Pained with doubt, and fear, and sorrow,
Eagle gazed once more around,
Gave a prayer for Princeton's hero,Swept above the frozen ground.
On his way he met no greetings,
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