Heralds of American literature; a group of patriot writers of the revolutionary and national periods . little Caty-did? Wrong indeed, at you to fling, Hurting no one while you singCaty-did! Caty-did! Caty-did! Why continue to complain?Caty tells me she again84 A Collection of Poems, etc. (1815), Vol. II, pp. 84-86. 104 HERALDS OF AMERICAN LITERATURE Will not give you plague or pain:—Caty says you may be hid,Caty will not go to bedWhile you sing us Caty-did!Caty-did! Caty-did! Caty-did! Freneaus poems reveal his blended traits—playfulness mingled with intense zeal, affabilitywith possible ranco
Heralds of American literature; a group of patriot writers of the revolutionary and national periods . little Caty-did? Wrong indeed, at you to fling, Hurting no one while you singCaty-did! Caty-did! Caty-did! Why continue to complain?Caty tells me she again84 A Collection of Poems, etc. (1815), Vol. II, pp. 84-86. 104 HERALDS OF AMERICAN LITERATURE Will not give you plague or pain:—Caty says you may be hid,Caty will not go to bedWhile you sing us Caty-did!Caty-did! Caty-did! Caty-did! Freneaus poems reveal his blended traits—playfulness mingled with intense zeal, affabilitywith possible rancor, delight in mystic fancy withvital interest in true democracy. In his satires andessays he showed his knowledge of the bestEnglish models; his sharp war-poems were oftenreflections of the Latin satirists. His lyrics ofgreatest skill were adaptations of Gray andCowper, with unmistakable signs of originality inthought. Although he retained traits of Frenchparentage, he was a true American, who sharedfully in his countrys struggles and rejoiced in itsprogress. JOHN TRUMBULL: SATIRIST ANDSCHOLAR. JOHN TRUMBULL Judge and author. From a portrait painted by John Trumbull,artist, and engraved by Durand. IV JOHN TRUMBULL: SATIRIST ANDSCHOLAR According to a romantic tradition, a yeoman,in the time of an early English king, risked hisown life in saving his majesty from an attack byan angry bull. In return for this service he wasknighted as Turn-bull, with three bulls heads forinsignia and a bulls head for a crest. A descend-ant of this hero married a wealthy woman, andthe remembrance of the knights courage could notatone to her and her husband for the unpleasantname. He requested that, for his branch, theletters might be transferred; hence the name wascalled Trumbull or Trumble. The American pro-genitor of this family settled at Ipswich, in 1645,and had three sons—John, Jonathan, and Benoni—from whom were descended the two GovernorsJonathan, the portrait-painter John, and thesat
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