The Combat Thickens
Charles C Burleigh; William H. Burleigh
The Unionist 1834-04-10
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Transcription
The editor of the Hartford Times heads a little electioneering paragraph in his last weekly with a line from Campbell’s Hohenlinden—
“THE COMBAT THICKENS—ON YE BRAVE!”
He should also have quoted the next line—“Who rush to “glory” or the GRAVE,” that all might know to whom the battle cry was addressed.
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The quote comes from the poem "Hohenlinden" by Thomas Campbell (1777-1844), and can be found online here. The quotation is not perfect. The joke, though, comes close. This poem, which highlights the futility of war, was often quoted by the Peace activists of the nineteenth-century.
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