Audacity, daring
spirit. Knoll, a little round hill. Shrouded, hidden. Calabash, a
dry gourd scooped out.
NOTES.--Marion's Men. During the Revolution, General Francis
Marion was in command of a body of partisan soldiers known by the
above title. They were for the most part poorly clad and
equipped, but their bravery, self-denial, and patriotism
enabled them to do good service in the cause of freedom.
Their deeds have been commemorated in Bryant's well-known
poem, the first stanza of which is as follows:--
"Our band is few, but true and tried,
Our leader frank and bold;
The British soldier trembles
When Marion's name is told."
Tarleton. Colonel Tarleton was in command of a portion of the
British forces in South Carolina during the Revolution. He was an
able, brave, but merciless soldier.
THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN.
A CHILD'S STORY.
BY ROBERT BROWNING.
I.
Hamelin town's in Brunswick,
By famous Hanover city;
The river Weser, deep and wide,
Washes its wall on the southern side
A pleasanter spot you never spied;
But when begins my ditty,
Almost five hundred years ago,
To see the townsfolk suffer so
From vermin, what a pity!
II.
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