The legend lives on from the Chesapeake on down
Of the French fleet led by de Grasse…The bay, it is said, never gave up her dead
When the British sails turned for rescue.
With a fleet of the line, twenty-four strong and fine,
De Grasse held the capes like a fortress.
That good fleet and true was a wall to be hewed
When the British came early that morning.The ships of the pride of the Royal Navy side
Came beating down from New York town,
As the great men-o’-war, they were bigger by far
With Graves at the helm, battle-bound.
They’d come for Cornwallis, trapped tight at Yorktown,
But the French met them square in the sound.The signal went up and the guns roared like thunder,
The lines clashed fierce in the swell.
French cannonballs flew and the British line drew
But they couldn’t break through de Grasse’s hell.
Two hours they dueled till the tide turned against them,
And Graves hauled away with his fleet shot to https://t.co/sA65MB46AD the legend lives on from the Chesapeake on down…
Of the trap that was sprung at Yorktown. This keeps the rhythm, rhyme scheme, and storytelling flow of Lightfoot’s original while advancing the history: the naval battle, the British retreat, and the sealing of Cornwallis’s fate. It sets up the siege perfectly for any further verses.
@fi_tracking I canceled Fi for both dogs today after the escape alert came far too late during a real emergency. Olympia was almost hit near a busy road. I bought Fi for GPS tracking and escape alerts. The collar does not work as advertised. Their support team is unhelpful.
@adamtaggart I posted this only as a half joke: Heinlen was on to something. I think there would have to be Zero exceptions, if you want to vote you have to serve. Something, anything. If you are limited in physical or mental capacity then you can still do something